Ja, ich sehe ein, dass ich das noch etwas einfacher/übersichtlicher machen muss.
Das kommt in den nächsten Tagen.



Habe soeben 100k gezibbt.



Danke!

Es geht aber eigentlich darum, dass mit der Verteilung von ausführbaren Dateien immer ein Vertrauensproblem verbunden ist.
Wie können die Nutzer sicher sein, dass ich da keinen Trojaner einbaue?

Ich möchte da halt nicht meine Reputation aufs Spiel setzen.
Solange ich nur Quellcode verteile, kann sich jeder überzeugen, dass alles mit rechten Dingen zugeht, und dann kommen auch keine unschönen Gerüchte auf.

Ich gebe zu, dass die Entwicklungszweige auf GitHub etwas unübersichtlich sind, bzw. da kann man leicht versehentlich die falsche Version herunterladen.

Das ganze sieht so aus:
https://github.com/zibcoin/zibcoin/branches

Für jede Bitcoin-Version gibt's genau eine Zib-Variante, die dann an der Versionsnummer noch ein "zib" hinten dran hat.
Alle Zweige ohne "zib" sind unveränderte Bitcoin-Versionen!! Da kann man leicht die falsche erwischen!

Also wenn Du die neuste Version kompilieren willst, dann findest Du sie hier:
https://github.com/zibcoin/zibcoin/archive/0.9.1zib.tar.gz
https://github.com/zibcoin/zibcoin/archive/0.9.1zib.zip

Wenn Du die richtige Version kompiliert hast, lauert aber schon gleich die nächste Stolperfalle:

Der Zib-Client bietet immernoch die Möglichkeit, das Guthaben in Bitcoin anzuzeigen, und wenn Du Dein bestehendes Benutzerverzeichnis einfach weiterverwendest, dann werden auch Deine bisherigen Einstellungen einfach übernommen.
Weil Du vermutlich bisher das Guthaben in Bitcoin anzeigen lässt, bleibt das erstmal so, bis Du es in den Einstellungen umgestellt hast. (Sollte aber im Konfigurationsmenü leicht zu finden sein, wenn man sich da durchklickt.)

Wenn Du ein neues Benutzerverzeichnis anlegst, ist die Standarteinstellung natürlich Zib.




Aber hey, Du hast mir ja noch gar keine Adresse geschickt!!
Ich hatte meinen Wettverlust schon im Spätherbst geahnt und extra für diesen Zweck 100 Millibits zur Seite gelegt.
Wohin soll ich die denn jetzt überweisen?

The most natural way of using abbreviations / short forms is to simply strip off the last syllable(s), e.g.: university → uni, µbitcoin → µbit.

Of course, this can be done individually! In fact, many people already did that.
But that's not the point of this thread.

The question is: What should be the official version, i.e. the version that the upstream developers will distribute?
I don't think it is pointless.

Not yet.

But it still can happen. Over time.

It already has a name:
The Bitcoin reference client (Bitcoin Core) officially calls it "µBTC".

But some people (including me) want to rename it.


Have a look at my post #2 above, I think it could trigger a chain reaction.

The first step would be to ask wallet developers to switch the default unit:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=598082.0

If this gets done, then online wallet providers will probably follow.
Finally, exchanges and payment providers will also start using what their customers' wallets are using.

Exactly! Quoted for truth.

But the question is: Will we find a compromise?

I'm re-posting this, because I want to hear more opinions about it:


It's not my favourite actually, but if no consensus can be reached otherwise, I would go with this compromise.

The pronunciation is not written in the source code.

You may pronounce it whatever you want.

The other polls were about how to call this unit in colloquial language.
However, this poll is about how to call it in Bitcoin Core.

These are two entirely different realms.
Bitcoin Core is expected to have a high degree of security and accuracy.
You wouldn't expect to find a colloquial term there.

As a comparison: Would you expect to see the word "bucks" in GNU Cash??
If the answer is "no", then there shouldn't be the word "bits" in Bitcoin Core.

You may call them "bits"/"bucks", though.

If you use Bitcoin Core, then this poll matters to you:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=598082.0

Bitcoin Core users can vote about a change in Bitcoin Core!


(I posted this to the Bitcoin Core update thread because it would directly affect Bitcoin Core users.)

Yes.

1 µBit = 1 µBTC

The only difference between µBTC and µBit is that "µBTC" is the current word, and "µBit" is the proposed new word.

For the reference:

1 000 000 µBit = 1 BTC



See above.

Would you like these changes in Bitcoin Core?

[1] Replace "µBTC" with "µBit",
[2] replace "mBTC" with "mBit", and
[3] switch to "µBit" as the default unit.

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I know that we had a lot of discussion about units in the last days and many of us are already tired of discussing.
However, apart from a lot of talk, nothing has happened yet.

There was recently a proposal on reddit which suggested to use "µBit" in contexts of formal writing and official places:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/24rq1b/%C2%B5bit_proposal_%C2%B5bit_becomes_official_name_for_the/

The reddit proposal tried to be a good compromise, so I thought there should be a poll about this.

This poll is worded in a way to suggest concrete actions to the Bitcoin Core developers. Of course, the developers are independent and are not bound to this poll.
However, from what I have read from them in the past, I'm pretty sure the developers would adopt a change if the community expresses a clear wish to do so.

Personally I prefer another name for this unit, however I think that this change is an improvement over the current situation.
The current situation is that Bitcoin Core calls the unit "µBTC" which is so long-winded that no one really uses it.

Es ist erstaunlich, wieviele Leute es nicht gibt!

Personally, I would accept this compromise:



(Quoted from Reddit)

Looks like others had the same idea as I had some posts above. It can't be too far off then.

However, I believe that Satoshi told us to write a lowercase "b" when talking about the unit of measurement, i.e. it should be µbit, not µBit...


Edit:
Ah, I can see their reasoning now: The unit (µ)"bit" is already taken as a unit of information, so they're proposing (µ)"Bit" to mean the unit of money: (µ)bitcoin.

I was referring to the base unit, i.e. just "Hz" (= hertz). The G in in GHz (gigahertz) is just a prefix that is applied in front of the actual unit.

What I wanted to say is that the base unit (without prefix), has at most one uppercase letter.