From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WbwZh-0003DW-8a for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:34:45 +0000 Received-SPF: fail (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of swipeclock.com does not designate 74.201.97.201 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.201.97.201; envelope-from=mcaldwell@swipeclock.com; helo=mxout.myoutlookonline.com; Received: from mxout.myoutlookonline.com ([74.201.97.201]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1WbwZd-0005Ta-Tk for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:34:45 +0000 Received: from mxout.myoutlookonline.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mxout.myoutlookonline.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F42416864; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:34:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by SpamTitan at mail.lan Received: from HUB027.mail.lan (unknown [10.110.2.1]) by mxout.myoutlookonline.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A59741683E; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:34:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from MAILR023.mail.lan ([10.110.18.122]) by HUB027.mail.lan ([10.110.17.27]) with mapi; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:33:24 -0400 From: Mike Caldwell To: Arne Brutschy Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:34:32 -0400 Thread-Topic: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account Thread-Index: Ac9cxy3HdJBuocmuQWy0ysPbsgqn5A== Message-ID: <66562DD7-1E46-4F14-BD36-7AA4F1E7D739@swipeclock.com> References: <53540715.7050803@xylon.de> <1C408C12-B39B-46E4-B997-153D566158B1@swipeclock.com> <53541079.9000909@xylon.de> In-Reply-To: <53541079.9000909@xylon.de> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 4.9 (++++) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 4.0 SPF_CHECK_FAIL SPF reports sender host as NOT permitted to send mails from 0.9 SPF_FAIL SPF: sender does not match SPF record (fail) X-Headers-End: 1WbwZd-0005Ta-Tk Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account 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: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:34:45 -0000 Mainly because it is short, memorable, effectively leads the listener to in= fer the proper meaning, is culturally neutral, is easy to say by speakers o= f just about any language, and many other reasons.=20 Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 20, 2014, at 12:23 PM, "Arne Brutschy" wrote: >=20 > agree that overloading isn't an issue when necessary, but my point was > that the necessity is lacking. If we're free to pick anything, why pick > something that is overloaded? >=20 > Moreover, "bit" is an abbreviation of bitcoin and might be confused with > it. Most currencies use a work that is phonetically very different and > short, so why not do the same? >=20 > Pluk, or cred, or finney (as proposed the thread I posted), or > whichever. We could call it "unsp" for unspent ;) >=20 > Arne >=20