What to call 0.001 BTC? (5 BTC Bounty)

[Kazimir]

Not sure if still useful to post here, but what about

0.1 BTC = a digidollar
0.001 BTC = a digicent

[drakahn]

posting in a (i think resolved by now) necro thread

0.00000001 = 1 Satoshi
0.00001000 = 1 kilosat
0.01000000 = 1 megasat

[mc_lovin]

just call them satoshis!!!

[Inaba]

How about just "embee" ... mb .. mili-bit. 

20 embee' for that cup of coffee!  Has the added bonus of being abbreviated as mb or MB.  Might get confused with a Megabit or byte, though.. although if someone takes Megabits for food, that might be full of win.

[FredericBastiat]

I'll give credit and attribution where due, so don't accuse me if I'm accidentally borrowing too much.

"embee"   MBTC   (1e+6 BTC)   -short 'e' (I borrowed this, but changed the magnitude). <attr> Inaba.
"kibee"     KBTC   (1e+3 BTC)   -short 'i'
"bitcee" / "bickee"   BTC     (1 BTC)       -short 'i' and unique naming playing on acronym [ B ]i[ T ][ C ]ee.
"dibee"    dBTC    (1e-1 BTC)   -short 'i'
"cibee"     cBTC    (1e-2 BTC)   -short 'i'
"mibee"    mBTC   (1e-3 BTC)   -short 'i'
"ubee"     uBTC    (1e-6 BTC)   - pronounced "youbee" or alternatively "myubee" (I borrowed this).
"nabee"    nBTC   (1e-9 BTC)   - if necessary in future, or for amounts >= 10 Satoshis.

And for nickles and dimes: nickee/nickit (.05 BTC) and dimee/dimit (.1 BTC, or 1 dibee).

I tried to find as many unique pronuciations (prevent miscommunications) and maintain as close a resemblence to the metric prefix notation as possible. I also tried to keep it at 2 syllables. I tried one syllable, but it didn't sound unique enough.

Wha'dya think?

[Inaba]

The ?ibee's would be a problem.  They are close to the should-have-been-aborted SI units, which, at least to AmGen speakers sound like baby talk and mush mouth, making them somewhat distasteful to say. 

So kibee, bitcee, dibee, cibee, mibee and nabee would probably not find wide adoption and suffer the same ill-fate as the SI prefixes. 

[FredericBastiat]

The ?ibee's would be a problem.  They are close to the should-have-been-aborted SI units, which, at least to AmGen speakers sound like baby talk and mush mouth, making them somewhat distasteful to say. 

So kibee, bitcee, dibee, cibee, mibee and nabee would probably not find wide adoption and suffer the same ill-fate as the SI prefixes. 

What modifications would work and keep the "common" numerical prefixes? How about a different suffix? Perhaps a -bits suffix would sound less "baby talk".

[rjk]

What modifications would work and keep the "common" numerical prefixes? How about a different suffix? Perhaps a -bits suffix would sound less "baby talk".

Sure - kibits, mibits, mubits, etc. I like that.

Also, the greek "μ" isn't pronounced "myu", it's more like "mu".

[FredericBastiat]

What modifications would work and keep the "common" numerical prefixes? How about a different suffix? Perhaps a -bits suffix would sound less "baby talk".

Sure - kibits, mibits, mubits, etc. I like that.

Also, the greek "μ" isn't pronounced "myu", it's more like "mu".

I appreciate the heads up, I've been pronouncing it that way for awhile now. Hopefully with the -bits suffix, it will sound a little more professional but keep the brevity roll-off-the-tongue convenience in every day talk.

[John (John K.)]

I'll give credit and attribution where due, so don't accuse me if I'm accidentally borrowing too much.

"embee"   MBTC   (1e+6 BTC)   -short 'e' (I borrowed this, but changed the magnitude). <attr> Inaba.
"kibee"     KBTC   (1e+3 BTC)   -short 'i'
"bitcee" / "bickee"   BTC     (1 BTC)       -short 'i' and unique naming playing on acronym [ B ]i[ T ][ C ]ee.
"dibee"    dBTC    (1e-1 BTC)   -short 'i'
"cibee"     cBTC    (1e-2 BTC)   -short 'i'
"mibee"    mBTC   (1e-3 BTC)   -short 'i'
"ubee"     uBTC    (1e-6 BTC)   - pronounced "youbee" or alternatively "myubee" (I borrowed this).
"nabee"    nBTC   (1e-9 BTC)   - if necessary in future, or for amounts >= 10 Satoshis.

And for nickles and dimes: nickee/nickit (.05 BTC) and dimee/dimit (.1 BTC, or 1 dibee).

I tried to find as many unique pronuciations (prevent miscommunications) and maintain as close a resemblence to the metric prefix notation as possible. I also tried to keep it at 2 syllables. I tried one syllable, but it didn't sound unique enough.

Wha'dya think?

The ?ibee's would be a problem.  They are close to the should-have-been-aborted SI units, which, at least to AmGen speakers sound like baby talk and mush mouth, making them somewhat distasteful to say. 

So kibee, bitcee, dibee, cibee, mibee and nabee would probably not find wide adoption and suffer the same ill-fate as the SI prefixes. 

I agree with Inaba. The cibee name for example sounds like a certain swearword in Asian regions. I prefer the -bits suffix too.

[FredericBastiat]

I'll give credit and attribution where due, so don't accuse me if I'm accidentally borrowing too much.

"embit"   MBTC   (1e+6 BTC)   -short 'e' (I borrowed this, but changed the magnitude).
"kibit"     KBTC   (1e+3 BTC)   -short 'i'
"bitcee" / "bickee"   BTC     (1 BTC)       -short 'i' and unique naming playing on acronym [ B ]i[ T ][ C ]ee.
"dibit"    dBTC    (1e-1 BTC)   -short 'i'
"cibit"     cBTC    (1e-2 BTC)   -short 'i'
"mibit"    mBTC   (1e-3 BTC)   -short 'i'
"ubit" / "mubit"    uBTC    (1e-6 BTC)   - pronounced youbit, oobit or moobit.
"nabit"    nBTC   (1e-9 BTC)   - if necessary in future, or for amounts >= 10 Satoshis.

And for nickles and dimes: nickee/nickit (.05 BTC) and dimee/dimit (.1 BTC, or 1 dibee).

I'll leave the nickles and dimes the same as they're kind of one-offs anyway. Also I left the single bitcoin as unique too.

Appreciate the input guys.

[ZodiacDragon84]

microbit.

[Stardust]

How about we call it a gavin and the rest after the other developers.

[LightRider]

millibit

[organofcorti]

When people talk about their own country's currency, the don't suffix it with the country name. They talk about dollars, cents, pfennigs, etc.

We should do the same. When it's obvious from context that we're talking about bitcoin, just use 'cents' and 'mills' (don't use 'mikes' - has some unsavoury drug connotations in my country). If you do need to refer to microbitcoin, just do it in terms of hundreds or thousands of satoshis.

This way 'satoshis' remains unique, and talking about prices stays simple.

[Dice]

I think it needs to remain simplified. In dollars we say 10 cents and 1 cent. Cent doesn't change, so why does it have to change in this case.

My proposal:

Everything before the decimal: bit|bar
Everything after the decimal: sat

When saying Sat we could extend the "a" so the word drags out a bit more. Spelt like "Sat", said like "Saaat(s)".

[DarkEmi]

"bitcent" is the most straightforward name that everybody can understand instantly without any confusion

[drakahn]

A lot of people already call 0.01 a bitcent,

0.001 would i guess be bitmil following that

[organofcorti]

FPGA hashers are 'bit mills'. Cut the 'bit', just leave 'mils'.

[SpontaneousDisorder]

millibit

This

Or sometimes a thousandth of an inch it referred to as a "thou", so  "thoubit"