rich1.0npub18gjvug29c4yg46lmplq38e75gg6wn5mn8taytckcsr4jt8p74h3s5knkzlhttps://nostr.ae/npub18gjvug29c4yg46lmplq38e75gg6wn5mn8taytckcsr4jt8p74h3s5knkzlnjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2014-05-02 📝 Original message:It will also be important to chose the currency symbol for "bits" at the same time. Lowercase stroke "b" I think is the obvious choice. Unicode U+0180 Aaron On Friday, May 2, 2014, Alan Reiner <etotheipi at gmail.com> wrote: > I've been a strong supporter of the 1e-6 unit switch since the beginning > and ready to do whatever I can with Armory to help ease that transition. > I'm happy to prioritize a release that updates the Armory interface to make > "bits" the default unit, when the time is right. I think it makes sense to > get as many apps and services to upgrade nearly simultaneously. > > My plan is to have a popup on the first load of the new version that > briefly introduces the change, and mentions that they can go back to the > old way in the settings, but make them work to do it. For the transient > period (6 months?) all input boxes will auto-update nearby labels with the > converted-to-BTC value as they type, so that they don't have to do any math > in their head. Similarly, all displayed BTC values will show both. But > the 1e-6 unit will always be default or first unless they explicitly change > it in the interface. > > > > > On 5/2/2014 8:54 PM, Ben Davenport wrote: > > I fully support this (it's what I suggested over a year ago), but what it > comes down to is BitPay, Coinbase, Blockchain and Bitstamp getting > together, agreeing what they're going to use, and doing a little joint > customer education campaign around it. If there's community momentum around > "bits", great. > > My only addition is that I think we should all stop trying to attach SI > prefixes to the currency unit. Name me another world currency that uses SI > prefixes. No one quotes amounts as 63 k$ or 3 M$. The accepted standard at > least in the US is <currency-symbol><amount><modifier>, i.e. $63k or $3M. > That may not be accepted form everywhere, but in any case it's an informal > format, not a formal one. The important point is there should be one base > unit that is not modified with SI prefixes. And I think the arguments are > strong for that unit being = 100 satoshi. > > Ben > > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at bitpay.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jgarzik at bitpay.com');> > > wrote: > >> <vendor hat: on> >> >> Related: >> http://blog.bitpay.com/2014/05/02/bitpay-bitcoin-and-where-to-put-that-decimal-point.html >> >> -- >> Jeff Garzik >> Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist >> BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE >> Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get >> unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform >> available. >> Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs >> _______________________________________________ >> Bitcoin-development mailing list >> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net');> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get > unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free."http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing listBitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net');>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > > > -- There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you -- Will Rodgers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20140502/2e5065c9/attachment.html>