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From: Un Ix <slashdevnull@hotmail.com>
To: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr.org>
Cc: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net"
	<bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] moving the default display to mbtc
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 11:35:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BLU402-EAS76D85D76EADEBF5C8965CAC6420@phx.gbl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201405030238.11625.luke@dashjr.org>

Think your example is not quite valid ...

People say or write $88M or $45k I.e. use SI prefix as a suffix, else it would be more, not less, clear on what amount is being referred to.

For me, "bits" are easy to say and one million as a factor is simple to understand.

M-bits, kilobits, millibits, etc are never going to be used by folk in everyday transactions, IMHO 

Gavin

> On 3/05/2014, at 10:40 am, "Luke Dashjr" <luke@dashjr.org> wrote:
> 
>> 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 <currency-symbol><amount><modifier>, 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).
> 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-03  3:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 112+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-14 11:45 [Bitcoin-development] moving the default display to mbtc Melvin Carvalho
2013-11-14 18:18 ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-17  3:22   ` Jacob Lyles
2013-11-14 20:01 ` Alan Reiner
2013-11-14 21:15   ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 21:55     ` Allen Piscitello
2013-11-14 22:00       ` Alan Reiner
2013-11-14 22:07         ` Allen Piscitello
2013-11-14 23:01           ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-14 23:11             ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 23:13               ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-14 23:22               ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-15  0:15               ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-15  0:18                 ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-16  0:41             ` Drak
2013-11-16  0:48               ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-16  1:10               ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-16  1:19                 ` Jean-Paul Kogelman
2013-11-16  1:19                 ` Drak
2013-11-16  1:31                   ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-15  8:55           ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-14 22:21         ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 22:32         ` Drak
2013-11-14 22:37           ` Drak
2014-05-02 19:17       ` Jeff Garzik
2014-05-03  0:54         ` Ben Davenport
2014-05-03  1:13           ` Alan Reiner
2014-05-03  1:50             ` Aaron Voisine
2014-05-03  2:10             ` Matias Alejo Garcia
2014-05-03  2:38           ` Luke Dashjr
2014-05-03  2:41             ` Ben Davenport
2014-05-03  2:43             ` Peter Todd
2014-05-03  3:35             ` Un Ix [this message]
2014-05-03 12:32             ` Roy Badami
2014-05-03  4:23         ` Tamas Blummer
2013-11-14 22:03     ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-14 22:31       ` Mark Friedenbach
2013-11-14 22:53         ` Alan Reiner
2013-11-14 23:01           ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-14 23:10           ` Luke-Jr
2013-11-15  9:23           ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-15  9:37             ` Alex Kravets
2013-11-15  9:59               ` Adam Back
2013-11-15 10:39               ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-15  7:18       ` Wladimir
2013-11-18  2:28       ` Wendell
2014-03-13 12:56         ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 13:29           ` Gary Rowe
2014-03-13 13:31             ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 13:40               ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 14:05                 ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 14:14                   ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-14 14:49                     ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 14:57                       ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-14 15:02                         ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 15:12                           ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-14 15:30                             ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 15:32                           ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-14 15:56                             ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-03-14 16:01                       ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-03-14 16:15                         ` Alex Morcos
2014-03-14 16:51                           ` Ricardo Filipe
2014-03-14 16:58                             ` Allen Piscitello
2014-03-14 15:10                     ` Tyler
2014-03-14 14:18                   ` Roy Badami
2014-03-13 19:38               ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 13:34           ` Wladimir
2014-03-13 13:45             ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 13:53               ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 14:32                 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 15:50                   ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 16:17                     ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-03-13 16:39                     ` Melvin Carvalho
2014-03-13 16:55                       ` Allen Piscitello
2014-03-13 17:13                         ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 17:23                           ` Allen Piscitello
2014-03-13 16:14                   ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-13 16:23                     ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-13 16:29                     ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 17:18                       ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-03-13 17:21                         ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-13 17:24                         ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 17:36                           ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-13 17:43                             ` Wladimir
2014-03-13 17:51                             ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 17:58                               ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-13 19:26                       ` Drak
2014-03-13 16:08               ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-03-13 16:30                 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-13 16:37                   ` slush
2014-03-13 17:48                     ` Luke-Jr
2014-03-13 18:23                 ` Jorge Timón
2014-03-13 18:29                   ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-13 18:51                     ` Ben Davenport
2014-03-14  0:34                     ` Jorge Timón
2014-03-14 17:14                       ` vv01f
2014-03-14 20:13                         ` Natanael
2014-03-14  1:26                 ` Un Ix
2014-03-14 21:56           ` Odinn Cyberguerrilla
2013-11-15 10:45   ` Wladimir
2013-11-15 10:57     ` Eugen Leitl
2013-11-14 22:27 ` Drak
2013-11-15  0:05   ` Jeff Garzik
2013-11-15  0:37     ` Daniel F
2013-11-15  0:46       ` Melvin Carvalho
2013-11-15  0:57       ` Alan Reiner
2014-05-02 14:29 ` Melvin Carvalho
2013-11-15  5:21 Tamas Blummer
     [not found] <mailman.271337.1390426426.2210.bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
2014-03-13 15:17 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-13 15:37   ` Chris Pacia
2014-03-14 16:25 Andrew Smith
     [not found] <536537E2.1060200@stud.uni-saarland.de>
2014-05-03 18:46 ` Jannis Froese

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