From: Un Ix <slashdevnull@hotmail•com>
To: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr•org>
Cc: "bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net"
<bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] moving the default display to mbtc
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 11:35:16 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BLU402-EAS76D85D76EADEBF5C8965CAC6420@phx.gbl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201405030238.11625.luke@dashjr.org>
Think your example is not quite valid ...
People say or write $88M or $45k I.e. use SI prefix as a suffix, else it would be more, not less, clear on what amount is being referred to.
For me, "bits" are easy to say and one million as a factor is simple to understand.
M-bits, kilobits, millibits, etc are never going to be used by folk in everyday transactions, IMHO
Gavin
> On 3/05/2014, at 10:40 am, "Luke Dashjr" <luke@dashjr•org> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, May 03, 2014 12:54:37 AM Ben Davenport wrote:
>> My only addition is that I think we should all stop trying to attach SI
>> prefixes to the currency unit. Name me another world currency that uses SI
>> prefixes. No one quotes amounts as 63 k$ or 3 M$. The accepted standard at
>> least in the US is <currency-symbol><amount><modifier>, i.e. $63k or $3M.
>> That may not be accepted form everywhere, but in any case it's an informal
>> format, not a formal one. The important point is there should be one base
>> unit that is not modified with SI prefixes. And I think the arguments are
>> strong for that unit being = 100 satoshi.
>
> Huh? Your examples demonstrate the *opposite* of your point. 'k' and 'M' *are*
> the SI prefixes. People *do* use 63k USD, $63k, and $3M. I'll be the first one
> to admit SI is terrible, but I don't understand your argument here.
>
> Luke
>
> P.S. Note that SI units haven't actually ever been adopted, except by force of
> law. "Name me ... that uses SI" is a silly thing to say, since virtually all
> naturally-or-freely-adopted units of any measure have been based on a number
> that factor to twos and threes (not fives, like decimal).
>
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2013-11-14 11:45 Melvin Carvalho
2013-11-14 18:18 ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-17 3:22 ` Jacob Lyles
2013-11-14 20:01 ` Alan Reiner
2013-11-14 21:15 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 21:55 ` Allen Piscitello
2013-11-14 22:00 ` Alan Reiner
2013-11-14 22:07 ` Allen Piscitello
2013-11-14 23:01 ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-14 23:11 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 23:13 ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-14 23:22 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-15 0:15 ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-15 0:18 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-16 0:41 ` Drak
2013-11-16 0:48 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-16 1:10 ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-16 1:19 ` Jean-Paul Kogelman
2013-11-16 1:19 ` Drak
2013-11-16 1:31 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-15 8:55 ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-14 22:21 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 22:32 ` Drak
2013-11-14 22:37 ` Drak
2014-05-02 19:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-05-03 0:54 ` Ben Davenport
2014-05-03 1:13 ` Alan Reiner
2014-05-03 1:50 ` Aaron Voisine
2014-05-03 2:10 ` Matias Alejo Garcia
2014-05-03 2:38 ` Luke Dashjr
2014-05-03 2:41 ` Ben Davenport
2014-05-03 2:43 ` Peter Todd
2014-05-03 3:35 ` Un Ix [this message]
2014-05-03 12:32 ` Roy Badami
2014-05-03 4:23 ` Tamas Blummer
2013-11-14 22:03 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-14 22:31 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 22:53 ` Alan Reiner
2013-11-14 23:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-14 23:10 ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-15 9:23 ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-15 9:37 ` Alex Kravets
2013-11-15 9:59 ` Adam Back
2013-11-15 10:39 ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-15 7:18 ` Wladimir
2013-11-18 2:28 ` Wendell
2014-03-13 12:56 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 13:29 ` Gary Rowe
2014-03-13 13:31 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 13:40 ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 14:05 ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 14:14 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-14 14:49 ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 14:57 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-14 15:02 ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 15:12 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-14 15:30 ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 15:32 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-14 15:56 ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 16:01 ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-03-14 16:15 ` Alex Morcos
2014-03-14 16:51 ` Ricardo Filipe
2014-03-14 16:58 ` Allen Piscitello
2014-03-14 15:10 ` Tyler
2014-03-14 14:18 ` Roy Badami
2014-03-13 19:38 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 13:34 ` Wladimir
2014-03-13 13:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 13:53 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 14:32 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 15:50 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 16:17 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-03-13 16:39 ` Melvin Carvalho
2014-03-13 16:55 ` Allen Piscitello
2014-03-13 17:13 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 17:23 ` Allen Piscitello
2014-03-13 16:14 ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-13 16:23 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-13 16:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 17:18 ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-03-13 17:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 17:24 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 17:36 ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-13 17:43 ` Wladimir
2014-03-13 17:51 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 17:58 ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-13 19:26 ` Drak
2014-03-13 16:08 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-03-13 16:30 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-13 16:37 ` slush
2014-03-13 17:48 ` Luke-Jr
2014-03-13 18:23 ` Jorge Timón
2014-03-13 18:29 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 18:51 ` Ben Davenport
2014-03-14 0:34 ` Jorge Timón
2014-03-14 17:14 ` vv01f
2014-03-14 20:13 ` Natanael
2014-03-14 1:26 ` Un Ix
2014-03-14 21:56 ` Odinn Cyberguerrilla
2013-11-15 10:45 ` Wladimir
2013-11-15 10:57 ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-14 22:27 ` Drak
2013-11-15 0:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-15 0:37 ` Daniel F
2013-11-15 0:46 ` Melvin Carvalho
2013-11-15 0:57 ` Alan Reiner
2014-05-02 14:29 ` Melvin Carvalho
2013-11-15 5:21 Tamas Blummer
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2014-03-13 15:17 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-13 15:37 ` Chris Pacia
2014-03-14 16:25 Andrew Smith
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2014-05-03 18:46 ` Jannis Froese
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