From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WgPqF-0004Th-6X for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 03 May 2014 02:38:19 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from zinan.dashjr.org ([192.3.11.21]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1WgPqE-0005Iz-AO for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 03 May 2014 02:38:19 +0000 Received: from ishibashi.localnet (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:5:265:be5f:f4ff:febf:4f76]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9E4F9108011E; Sat, 3 May 2014 02:38:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Luke Dashjr To: Ben Davenport Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 02:38:10 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.12.6-gentoo; KDE/4.11.5; x86_64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E463 A93F 5F31 17EE DE6C 7316 BD02 9424 21F4 889F X-PGP-Key-ID: BD02942421F4889F X-PGP-Keyserver: hkp://pgp.mit.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201405030238.11625.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.7 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain 0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money X-Headers-End: 1WgPqE-0005Iz-AO Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] moving the default display to mbtc X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 02:38:19 -0000 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 , 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).