Bitcoin symbol positioning

[CoinHeavy]

$50,000

[davidpbrown]

It is critically important that we clarify the formatting of this.

critically important?? - wtf.

Both ftw - whatever it consistent with other currencies in whatever context that finds itself.

[grifferz]

Then Dinky, can easily change the value by editing the document and scratching in 1000 after the 50.00$ and claim he is entitled to "100050.00$."

In UK, cheques and all legal documents that mention money have it written as both number and words

Pay Bob's Widget and Bait Store                  
Fifty pounds only                                              £50.00

[Arcas]

Bump

[ISAWHIM]

removed... doesn't matter. lol

[Peter Lambert]

I like to put the symbol after. I have never understood why the dollar sign is placed before the number? So if you see $100 you read "one hundred dollars", that is just absurd since we read everything else from left to right, why do we have to switch things around for dollars? Any other quantity you put the units after the number, why are dollars different?

I like the abbreviation mB for referring to millibits, EG a dollar is trading at 1.709 mB right now.

[Bitalo_Maciej]

Oh, come on... Isn't this common sense? You're always supposed to put the currency symbol before the value. Let me explain why.

Lets say someone writes a will/check to give Dinky 50 Dollars. And in the document it is written as "50.00$."

Then, Dinky can easily change the value by editing the document and scratching in 1000 after the 50.00$ and claim he is entitled to "100050.00$."

This couldn't be done if the symbol came before the value "$50.00."

This is only true if you wrote the cent value as well. If you didn't, you can easily forge the value when the symbol is before the amount, i.e.:

"$50" becomes "$50000".

[Abdussamad]

It is critically important that we clarify the formatting of this.

Why?

a) this will depend on locale

b) this sort of thread can never be resolved successfully:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1833.0

[grifferz]

b) this sort of thread can never be resolved successfully:

Aye, I look forward to seeing this thread bumped once a year by proponents of each side, forever.

[notbatman]

The symbol for a satoshi, on the other hand, could be treated the same as the one for a cent, and placed after.

BTW, what is the symbol for a satoshi? Does it even have one?

BTC0.00000001 = 1$

[Peter Lambert]

The symbol for a satoshi, on the other hand, could be treated the same as the one for a cent, and placed after.

BTW, what is the symbol for a satoshi? Does it even have one?

BTC0.00000001 = 1$

I like the term "Fundemental Unit". That way we could say BTC0.00000001 = 1 FU