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April 05, 2013, 02:26:24 AM |
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In the near future we will likely be talking about bitcoins using the mBTC valuation for common items.
What should the naming convention be when speaking of milli-bitcoins(hyphen?)?
What about symbol? m฿?
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April 05, 2013, 02:36:16 AM |
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The English Nazi within screams "millies"  |
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April 05, 2013, 02:36:54 AM |
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The correct one would technically be "mill", as that is the proper term for 1/1000 of a currency unit.
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April 05, 2013, 02:38:18 AM |
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The correct one would technically be "mill", as that is the proper term for 1/1000 of a currency unit.
Sounds a lot like "million"--e.g. "A cool mil" |
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April 05, 2013, 02:39:59 AM |
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The correct one would technically be "mill", as that is the proper term for 1/1000 of a currency unit.
Sounds a lot like "million"--e.g. "A cool mil" That's only true because of inflation. The mill is still sometimes used in specialized fields, but was once a common unit of exchange. |
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April 05, 2013, 02:44:15 AM |
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There is no ambiguity here, the scientifically correct (latin based) prefixes are:
For one thousandth it is "milli" or "m" for short. as in milliBitcoins or mBTC
For one millionth it is "micro" or "μ" for short. as in microBitcoins or μBTC
As bitcoin is based on cryptographic computation i think we should be scientific.
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April 05, 2013, 02:58:18 AM |
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Back in ancient times, when the USD was more valuable, the convention for talking about 1/1000 of a dollar was referred to as a "mill" and "mills". Since that formation has half the number of syllables as any of the suggestions in this poll that's what I'd expect to be more common.
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April 05, 2013, 03:01:33 AM |
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There is no ambiguity here, the scientifically correct (latin based) prefixes are:
For one thousandth it is "milli" or "m" for short. as in milliBitcoins or mBTC
For one millionth it is "micro" or "μ" for short. as in microBitcoins or μBTC
As bitcoin is based on cryptographic computation i think we should be scientific.
...except this isn't about prefixes - it's about nouns. |
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April 05, 2013, 03:03:18 AM |
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Learn something new every day  I'm starting to dig mills now. |
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April 05, 2013, 03:08:12 AM |
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Learn something new every day I'm starting to dig mills now. Mills is linguistically correct, and actually still in quite common use (more so than the Wiki article implies) for property - and other - levies. Besides; who wants to spend their lives dealing in a currency unit that was named after a dead Bush-family dog? That past is best forgotten. |
Dankedan: price seems low, time to sell I think...
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April 05, 2013, 03:44:53 AM |
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In the near future we will likely be talking about bitcoins using the mBTC valuation for common items.
What should the naming convention be when speaking of milli-bitcoins(hyphen?)?
What about symbol? m฿?
Well, if polls matter, this was already voted on two years ago: what should we call a milli-Bitcoin ? And the winner is .... "millibit": - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MilliBit |
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April 05, 2013, 03:46:30 AM |
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In the near future we will likely be talking about bitcoins using the mBTC valuation for common items.
What should the naming convention be when speaking of milli-bitcoins(hyphen?)?
What about symbol? m฿?
Well, if polls matter, this was already voted on two years ago: what should we call a milli-Bitcoin ? And the winner is .... "millibit": - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MilliBitIsn't this the name of a client? I prefer bitmill or millibitcoin. Millibit means 0.001 bits, which is a unit of information, not currency. |
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April 05, 2013, 03:56:56 AM |
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In the near future we will likely be talking about bitcoins using the mBTC valuation for common items.
What should the naming convention be when speaking of milli-bitcoins(hyphen?)?
What about symbol? m฿?
Well, if polls matter, this was already voted on two years ago: what should we call a milli-Bitcoin ? And the winner is .... "millibit": - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MilliBitThat site mentions that a nickname for the microBitcoin would be "Mickey"...maybe Mickey and Milli will be future children's names based upon Bitcoin.  |
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April 05, 2013, 03:58:42 AM |
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In the near future we will likely be talking about bitcoins using the mBTC valuation for common items.
What should the naming convention be when speaking of milli-bitcoins(hyphen?)?
What about symbol? m฿?
Well, if polls matter, this was already voted on two years ago: what should we call a milli-Bitcoin ? And the winner is .... "millibit": - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MilliBitThat site mentions that a nickname for the microBitcoin would be "Mickey"...maybe Mickey and Milli will be future children's names based upon Bitcoin. I love the term Mickey. Now I gotta use it! |
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April 05, 2013, 05:09:05 AM |
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None of the frickin' above. For pretty much all of my meager life, the universal decimal system prefix for 10^(-3) has been mili-
Note the single 'l'.
Further, the abbreviation for the prefix has been 'm'. As in mBTC, or mBitcoin.
I think all y'all* oughter get out of the basement from time to time. That there retro cutie MillieBitcoin avatar is having too much effect on your cognitive processes.
* I understand 'all y'all' is Texan for 'y'all'.
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April 05, 2013, 05:14:21 AM |
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April 05, 2013, 05:15:15 AM |
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Chrome says milimeter is wrong.
So which is it?!
Pardner?!
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April 05, 2013, 05:20:36 AM |
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Chrome says millimeter is wrong.
So which is it?!
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It's double 'L'. If I were British I would also tell you to spell the 2nd part as 'metre' |
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April 05, 2013, 05:27:52 AM |
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Chrome says millimeter is wrong.
So which is it?!
Pardner?!
It's double 'L'. If I were British I would also tell you to spell the 2nd part as 'metre' That's what I'm saying None of the frickin' above. For pretty much all of my meager life, the universal decimal system prefix for 10^(-3) has been mili-
Note the single 'l'.
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