Quote from: AntiVigilante on May 14, 2011, 09:24:36 PM

Quote from: mewantsbitcoins on May 14, 2011, 09:15:57 PM

That would be 2 millies, 456 mikes and 78 satoshis
or
245678 satoshis

A party at the Playboy mansion?

Quote from: cschmitz on May 14, 2011, 10:41:04 PM

Quote from: bittersweet on May 14, 2011, 04:24:38 PM

Another idea to give names basing on how many times you have to divide Bitcoin by 10:

1 Bitcoin = Bitcoin
1/10/10 = 0.01 Bitcoin = Dibit
1/10/10/10 = 0.001 Bitcoin = Tribit

Use greek prefixes mono, di, tri, tetra, penta, hexa, hepta, octa, nona, deca

by far the best discussion. it has something the other suggestions lack:
- it scales
- it sets the matter down to the smallest unit, once and for all
- it is logical, a very important prequesite for the units that will be the most common ones once btc is widespread

But bitcoins are only divisible upto 10^-8, so why not just use the atomic state of bitcoins to discuss bitcoins in small quantaties as it is a unit that can even be fairly easily be used to describe larger quantaties.

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