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May 18, 2011, 12:17:55 PM |
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"BitLit" is a good name too!
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SomeoneWeird
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May 18, 2011, 12:32:34 PM |
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SmallBit or MilliBit?
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TiagoTiago
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May 18, 2011, 01:37:28 PM |
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How about just sticking with BTC (and whatever symbol we finally agree on eventually) and using scientific notation? 1E-3BTC for 0.001, 1E-8BTC for one Satoshi etc
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ribuck
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May 18, 2011, 02:00:45 PM |
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1E-3BTC for 0.001, 1E-8BTC for one Satoshi etc
You guys crack me up. It's pretty-much a law of disruptive technologies that they fail if they try to do too many things at once. If you want the public to use a new money system, you can't also expect them to use an unfamiliar system of numbers. That would restrict the target users to the intersection of those who are interested in new money systems, and those who are interested in unfamiliar numbering systems. The fact that the general public doesn't use scientific notation anywhere else, suggests that they won't want a money system that adopts it. So, if you want BTC to succeed, scientific notation is out. Tonal notation is out. Greek suffixes are out. The SI (metric) prefixes (milli, micro etc) I think are OK. They are already familiar to most of the world's population, and even the 'Merkins will get the hang of them eventually.
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May 18, 2011, 02:03:11 PM Last edit: May 18, 2011, 02:38:59 PM by ribuck |
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SmallBit...
and Microsoft too ... as the actress said to the Bishop!
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May 18, 2011, 02:12:41 PM |
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millicoin 0.001 BTC = 1 mBTC
+1 - Teracoin (just kidding, there aren't so many)
- Megacoin
- Kilocoin
- Bitcoin
- millicoin
- microcoin
- nanocoin
Keep it systematic! Although calling the smallest unit a Satoshi would be great too.
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May 18, 2011, 02:25:45 PM |
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How about just sticking with BTC (and whatever symbol we finally agree on eventually) and using scientific notation? 1E-3BTC for 0.001, 1E-8BTC for one Satoshi etc
What ribuck said following your post. Also: WAY too many syllables. We're discussion shorthand here. One E minus three B T C is NOT shorthand.
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Anonymous
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May 18, 2011, 03:52:30 PM |
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I would just call them credits.
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May 18, 2011, 04:00:10 PM |
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I think that this discussion is not very relevant, because general public will decide which option is the best anyway because of Network Effects. After one option is selected by the most of people, there will be no stopping it.
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MacFall
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May 18, 2011, 04:16:07 PM |
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I would just call them credits.
With a strong sense of irony, I hope, since they are designed to be the economic opposite of "credits".
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fergalish
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May 18, 2011, 09:39:02 PM |
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How about: 1 = bit 0.01 = 10^-2 = nit 10^-4 = mit 10^-6 = dit 10^-8 = pit or substitute for your favorite 1st letters. Actually, maybe nit and mit might sound too similar, e.g. over the phone, "WHAT, you're selling your car for 99 nits? That's a hundred times more than I expected,... ahh, mits, mits, now I understand. Haha, I thought you said nits, haha." A car for 99 mits... hmm, that'd be about $200,000 per bit, depending on your definition of car. Guess it'll take a while to get that high, though if it went up a factor of 10 every month, like last month, then we've only to wait until 2012 at the latest.
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May 18, 2011, 10:55:39 PM |
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How much for tit?
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May 18, 2011, 11:46:48 PM |
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BITcoin BITcent ... BITlit
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May 18, 2011, 11:52:25 PM |
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bitlet
or nitcoin
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May 19, 2011, 02:51:16 AM |
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Either bitcent, bitmill etc.. or millicoin, microcoin, nanocoin etc..
I think that using prefixes is more practical than suffixes, but suffixes are more traditional so both systems have advantages.
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TiagoTiago
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May 20, 2011, 11:10:45 PM |
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With money people aren't used to the fractional SI prefixes, just writing the letter in small caps might not be enough to avoid confusion...
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May 21, 2011, 04:23:59 AM |
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Bytecent
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May 21, 2011, 04:24:12 AM |
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millibit millicoin
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May 21, 2011, 07:30:32 AM |
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Since the value of Bitcoins most likely will raise drastically I'd recommend using the smallest unit in the currency as basis. Like for example the Japanese Yen does. Price Numbers seem to be rather high compared to other currencies, but as seen by example it works. so 1E-8 BTC = 1 Bitcoinor 0.0000001 The only problem would be to bridge the gap aslong as BitCoins aren't as valuable. There you can throw in filler units: Like 1 BitCoinCluster for the current 1 BTC setup instead of 10 million BitCoins and another unit for the transition between the two: demi- or di- (Bit)Coin - ( demi = half ) which deals with 1E-4 or 0.0001 of the BitCoinClusters or 1000 BitCoins160 di(Bit)Coins would approximate to about 10 cents/0.10$ at the moment. 1 BitCoinCluster = 10000 diCoins/demiBitCoins 1 diCoin = 1000 BitCoins 1 BitCoin = 0.0000001 BitCoinCluster10.000.000 BitCoins = 1 BitCoinCluster 500.000.000 BitCoins = 50 BitCoinClusters ( upon each successful solve ) The prefixes could be: BitCoinCluster -> either remain 'BTC' ( so the market dimension doesn't necesserily need to change ( like when 1 BTC suddenly is only 1E-8 of the previous BTC )) or 'BCC' for better fit BitCoins -> depending on the Clusters either 'BTC' or just 'BC' 'BC' would be a gimmick since it is usually used as "Before Christ" and BC(BitCoins) are before BTC(BitCoinClusters) so it would make 'BTC' the initial coin into "Christ" and rendering the creator of these namely " Satoshi Nakamoto" into " our Savior". also instead of solid prefixes something like: C-Coin(Cluster-Coin) D-Coin(Demi-Coin) B-Coin(Bit-Coin)could be used.
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May 21, 2011, 09:13:49 AM |
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SI units will win in the end.
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17Np17BSrpnHCZ2pgtiMNnhjnsWJ2TMqq8 I routinely ignore posters with paid advertising in their sigs. You should too.
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