From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: Dave Scotese <dscotese@litmocracy.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP 100 specification
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 23:50:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150904035045.GA9821@muck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGLBAhfUky0=5KoUcNxUV0N-jayHAx1Y+Ri3GdvrtMNSZA8tjg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 01:34:54PM -0700, Dave Scotese via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> I have seen "1M" mean 1,000,000 bytes as well as 1,048,576bytes and
> 1,024,000 bytes. I believe the best policy is to use "megabyte" to mean
> 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes. Kb always means 1024 bytes, even when a lot people
> round it, so I like the K spec best. I also see value in having human
> readable data. The spec should nail down these details.
The IEC standard is to use the prefix MiB for 2^20 bytes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-03 3:33 [bitcoin-dev] BIP 100 specification Jeff Garzik
2015-09-03 4:45 ` Dave Scotese
2015-09-03 7:57 ` jl2012
2015-09-03 11:20 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-03 14:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2015-09-03 15:58 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-03 16:13 ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-03 11:59 ` Tier Nolan
2015-09-03 16:32 ` jl2012
2015-09-03 16:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2015-09-03 17:32 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-03 17:52 ` Peter Todd
2015-09-04 7:53 ` Andy Chase
2015-09-04 15:37 ` Simon Liu
2015-09-04 15:40 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-03 14:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2015-09-03 19:40 ` Simon Liu
2015-09-03 20:15 ` Oliver Petruzel
2015-09-03 20:34 ` Dave Scotese
2015-09-04 3:50 ` Peter Todd [this message]
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