Bit is simple phonetically, I'm for it. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Mike Caldwell wrote: > If bit had to be preceded by a letter I would nominate "ebit" or "xbit" > (which could still be XBT) > > Those needing a definition for x could define it as "coin/1000000". > > That said, I am still more in favor of "bit". Xbit would just solve the > problems others cite about ambiguity if they had to be solved without the > resulting name being too long. > > Mike > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 20, 2014, at 7:33 PM, "Un Ix" wrote: > > Something tells me this would be reduced to a single syllable in common > usage I.e. bit. > > My 2 cents goes for "bit". > > Because: Bitcoin is a digital currency, BTC starts with "bit", "bit" > refers to a small amount of something in its regular english usage and > lastly 99.9876543% of people on the planet don't know what a digital "bit" > is yet ... > > Gavin > > On 21/04/2014, at 9:20 am, "Mike Caldwell" > wrote: > > My impression: > > Good because it is short, memorable, and pronounceable by speakers of most > languages (though to most of the world that would be oo-bit, as "u" being > "yu" is mostly an English thing) > > Downsides include the fact that μ is not a U, it just resembles one. It is > a lowercase M in Greek, a live spoken language also studied by many, and > calling it a U conveys a notion of global unawareness. And the potential > for "XBT" to be 1e-6 BTC on the world stage would be huge, worth pursuing. > > Mike > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 20, 2014, at 6:16 PM, "Justin A" wrote: > > > > What about "ubit", pronounced "YOU-bit", representing 1e-6 bitcoin? Easy > to say, tied in a visual way to the metric micro, leaves the required 2 > decimal places for the marginally numerate.. What more could one want? > > > > Also, hi. My first post; plan to get involved over the southern hemisphere > winter if I can learn enough. > On Apr 20, 2014 4:32 PM, "Mike Caldwell" wrote: > >> By culturally neutral I mean we avoid deliberately invoking a cultural >> reference in the name. For example "satoshi" would be a reference to >> Japanese culture just for being a common Japanese name regardless of who >> Satoshi turns out to be. >> >> Mike >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:20 PM, "Christophe Biocca" < >> christophe.biocca@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Culturally neutral? "bit" in French phonetically collides with slang >> > for phallus ("bitte", with a silent "e"). Apparently it means "louse" >> > in Turkish as well. >> > >> > Not that this really would be avoidable with any short word (all the >> > short possible words are usually taken), but it's not neutral. >> > >> >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Oliver Egginger >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> just my two 'cents': >> >> >> >> Terms arises by itself. Just as most people speak of coins when they >> >> mean bitcoins. I do not see that bitcoin is currently in common use >> >> except for speculation. Therefore no term for smaller units has >> >> established yet. No problem in my eyes. 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