Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP - Symbol for satoshi

From: Gregory Maxwell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 23:35:49 +0000

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 12:32 AM Amine Chakak via bitcoin-dev
<[email-masked]> wrote:
> The idea has been floated around to switch to satoshi as a base unit.

If Satoshi wanted the currency units named after him, he would simply
have done it. I think this behaviour seems creepy and is harmful to
Bitcoin.

> The lightning network uses satoshis as a base unit.

It absolutely does not. Lightning uses units of 10 picobitcoin (1e-11
btc), which is significantly smaller.

> Pleas let me know if it would be appropriate to write a BIP for it.

Please don't.