Quote from: snailbrain on March 17, 2014, 10:37:25 AM

regarding 0.00000001 = a Mikhail

i'm now starting to think maybe sounds better if it's a Sindeyev
has a better ring to it maybe..

what do you think?

I thought about that before, but "Sin-de-yev" is 3 syllables where "Mik-hail" ("Mikh-ail"? 'h' as aspiration indicator for the 'k'?) is only 2. Shorter is easier.

Also, the phonetic combinations in "Mikhail" are easier in English (and Korean). I can't speak for other languages though.

As shortened forms, they're likely to end up as "miks" and "sins". "Miks" is shorter again as the final 's' in "sins" is a hard 's' (z) and longer sound. In English, there is the "sin" issue, and it could be a negative connotation with some people.

Quote from: domob on March 17, 2014, 11:15:39 AM

You are right, Sindeyev sounds better to me - but only a bit, so I'm undecided. (Not sure if that's an argument, but note that Sindeyev is probably transcribed differently in non-English languages (I'd write it as Sindejew in German, for instance) ... at least that's my experience with Russian mathematicians' names. I don't know if that could cause confusion.)

My first thought was that Sindeyev is a bit cooler sounding, but on rethinking it, I'm on the fence. I've really got no solid opinion there.

Quote from: Sanglotslongs on March 17, 2014, 12:16:01 PM

I prefer the first name Mikhail than last name Sindeyev, like "Satoshi Nakamoto".

That is an interesting consideration.

But whatever it ends up being, I think that honouring Mikhail and preserving his memory like this is very much worthwhile. Given name or family name.

I think that I'm far from alone in referring to the 8th decimal place of any currency as " satoshis" or " sats". It's a wonderful tip of the hat to Satoshi Nakamoto for what he has accomplished, and I think that Snailbrain is right here with this being an opportunity to honour Mikhail for what he's accomplished with Huntercoin.

Anyways... Just my 2 mikhails. Wink