The standard has become mBTC and that's what was adopted. It's too late to try and sway this on a mailing list thread now. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Gary Rowe wrote: > The MultiBit HD view is that this is a locale-sensitive presentation > issue. As a result we offer a simple configuration panel giving pretty much > every possible combination: icon, m+icon, μ+icon, BTC, mBTC, μBTC, XBT, > mXBT, μXBT, sat along with settings for leading/trailing symbol, commas, > spaces and points. This allows anyone to customise to meet their own needs > beyond the offered default. > > We apply the NIST guidelines for representation of SI unit symbols (i.e no > conversion to native language, no RTL giving icon+m etc). > > Right now MultiBit HD is configured to use m+icon taken from the Font > Awesome icon set. However reading earlier posts it seems that μ+icon is > more sensible. > > Let us know what you'd like. > > Links: > m+icon screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/WCDoG > Font Awesome icon: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icon/btc/ > NIST SI guidelines: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html > > > On 13 March 2014 12:56, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Resurrecting this topic. Bitcoin Wallet moved to mBTC several weeks >> ago, which was disappointing -- it sounded like the consensus was >> uBTC, and moving to uBTC later --which will happen-- may result in >> additional user confusion, thanks to yet another decimal place >> transition. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Wendell wrote: >> > We're with uBTC too. Been waiting for the signal to do this, let's do >> it right after the fee system is improved. >> > >> > -wendell >> > >> > grabhive.com | twitter.com/hivewallet | gpg: 6C0C9411 >> > >> > On Nov 15, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> > >> >> Go straight to uBTC. Humans and existing computer systems handle >> numbers to >> >> the left of the decimals just fine (HK Dollars, Yen). The opposite is >> >> untrue (QuickBooks really does not like 3+ decimal places). >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jeff Garzik >> Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist >> BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book >> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their >> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, >> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech >> _______________________________________________ >> Bitcoin-development mailing list >> Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > >