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Re: Please stop with mBTC, microBTC, ...!
by
BurtW
on 17/07/2014, 02:20:43 UTC
If Bits were to be adopted then BTC & Satoshi would have to fad[e] away.   You would then have kBits, MBits, GBits and so forth.   SI prefixes go both directions.

Agree with BTC going away, also "Bitcoin" or "bitcoin" as a unit of measure would probably fade as price goes up.  However "satoshi" could still remain in use in the same way "cents" are used today.  Anyway, the full proposal is:

1 satoshi = smallest unit, pretty much in general use today
1 bit       = 100 satoshi, eventually every day use, coffee, sandwiches, etc.
1 XBT     = 1 bit, should be the official symbol on all exchanges, forex, etc.
1 BTC     = 1000000 bits = kept for dealing with larger amounts, may fade

1 Bitcoin/bitcoin as a currency unit fades away

Bitcoin = the Bitcoin protocol

Notice that 1 microBitcoin = 100 satoshi = 1 bit = 1 XBT

When adopted we can all look forward to the day when a shave and a haircut will, once again, cost two bits.