On Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:53:16 PM Alan Reiner wrote: > I really like the XBT idea. It makes a lot of sense to match the ISO > currency symbol (though the ISO guys will have to adjust the way they've > defined the "XBT"). And I do agree that going right to uBTC and > skipping mBTC makes sense, too. > > I'd prefer them not be called "micro bitcoins." I really want to call > them "microbes" ... but I'm not sure that has the right flavor for money > transfer :) "Please give me 872 microbes". Perhaps we just call them > "bits." Or even "micros" or "microbits". As I write this, I realize > there's probably 872 threads on the forums about this already... > > But we would want to promote a consistent term, to avoid further > confusion when people use different names for the new unit. It's not > guaranteed to be successful, but if we pick a good name, and build it > into the interface on the first release pushing the new unit, we have a > chance to make the transition even easier.
As long as we're using SI units, IMO we should stick to SI. That means "micro- bitcoins". *Informally/spoken*, an abbreviation like "mibicoins" might make sense. Luke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
