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Hello all.
I'm preparing the new website www.mxbt.org which will display realtime data of Bitcoin markets, but using mXBT units.

So, I have a question.
How many digits after dot in the mXBT price would be comfortable for you to see?

Examples:

0.11492 USD / mXBT

or

0.12 USD / mXBT

The standard in Forex is generally 4 decimal digits.

But most people prefer .00

Someone needs to convince Mt.Gox, Coinbase and BitInstant to add a preference to display in mXBT.

All we really need is the ability to PURCHASE in the smaller unit of measure. How we refer to it in day to day conversation doesn't really matter.

I thought we established already that 1 xbt means 100 satoshis and the colloquial 1btc equals 1 bitcoin?

Link?

XBT has meant 1 full bitcoin for a while now (since 2011). I highly doubt we can, or should, change it now. That would just provoke ambiguity.

That was in this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149150.0

The rationale behind it being that XBT should be used in financial systems which are most comfortable with two digits after the dot. Although I was against it initially, I now think this is a very elegant solution.

That is, 1 XBT = 100 satoshi's. Making a distinction between XBT and xbt seems confusing to me, ideally we never have to make a distinction between upper and lower case.

So, some people say that 1 BTC = 1 XBT. Other people say that 100 Satoshis = 1 XBT.
Ooookaaay, I'll wait for people to decide what is right  :P

In my short time knowing about Bitcoin, I've always seen that XBT is suggested as an ISO-compliant code for the currency (i.e. BTC = XBT). Now using it for other unit would be confusing.

I think if you have mils, you need to show the leading zeros. I say go exponetial, or the base e log. Heck can you graph the e to the i pi phasors from 1 year FFTs?  That would be SICK!!!!!!!

Four digits.  You could do it like this.

$0.1148

+1

good idea! thank you!

Not in all countries.