bitcoin

₿ *and* sats? Best of both worlds or not so much?

Scoresby

Honestly, I think we are heading toward a world where we say “sats” but write “₿” — and I’m not sure how I feel about it.

“5000 sats” looks clunky, and that’s probably why Square terminals and a bunch of wallets are already using the BIP-177 idea where ₿ actually represents a sat. It’s cleaner, more “currency-like,” and way easier on a payment screen.

But it also rewrites what ₿ has meant for years.

Still, the momentum is there:
people talk in sats,
wallets display ₿,
and BTC becomes just the ticker for whole coins.

Not saying I love it… but it feels like that’s where UX is pushing the ecosystem.