Quote from: teukon on November 03, 2014, 10:53:23 AM

Quote from: 101111 on November 03, 2014, 09:13:54 AM

That guy says "I thought 1 bit = 1 satoshi. I guess i stand corrected" so you could equally argue satoshis were the problem.

Not at all. "satoshi" is a much better established term than "bit" in this context.

That's not the issue. We're not debating over which is more established. We're looking forward and debating what may be.

Quote from: teukon on November 03, 2014, 10:53:23 AM

When people want to refer to an amount of bitcoin in a nomenclature thread they almost invariably use "BTC" or "satoshis" for simplicity/clarity.

Yes of course they do, but bitcoin is not at issue, and in most contexts neither is satoshi.

Quote from: teukon on November 03, 2014, 10:53:23 AM

People argue about the name to give "0.000 001 BTC" or "100 satoshis".

Yes that's right, very well spotted. Let's make that obvious point no. 1.

Quote from: teukon on November 03, 2014, 10:53:23 AM

Also, notice the order used here: "1 bit = 1 satoshi", not "1 satoshi = 1 bit".

You might even notice I was the one who quoted it.

Quote from: teukon on November 03, 2014, 10:53:23 AM

"satoshi" was not pushed in the way that "bit" was. The first suggestion that "satoshi" might refer to 0.000 000 01 BTC was made over 3 years ago and slowly and naturally became adopted because it was a useful term which resonated with those that would use it. There were no leagues of "satoshis" threads where people denounced the term, came up with various alternatives. There was no crowd of SI proponents claiming "10 nans" to be superior.

Now you're just being silly. Have you ever actually looked at the bits proposal? Do you know what you are talking about?

Quote from: teukon on November 03, 2014, 10:53:23 AM

A few months later, the first suggestion that the term "Bit" might represent 1 µBTC was made. In this case, the term naturally died out, only to be resurrected by an evangelical Reddit thread and an advertising campaign launched by a small number of (either linguistically foolish or intentionally destructive) people. Rather than the gradual emergence of a new useful term brought about by need, we've been treated to a year of flamewars, causing many to avoid the 100-satoshi unit altogether.

"satoshi" is to "bits" as free-market is to central planning or evolution is to intelligent design. Arguing a peership between the two is just laughable.

Sorry but this is all just quasi-religious, irrational nonsense. If you can't come up with a use case just say so.