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90 sats \ 5 replies \ @mattcrv OP 7 Feb \ parent \ on: satsymbol.org | The ₿est symbol for sats. Always has been. bitcoin
ten thousand sats! just like we say "10 dollars" and display/type/write "$10".
ten thousand sats! just like
Oh so this symbol no longer reads as "bitcoin"? I see.
we say "10 dollars" and display/type/write "$10"
This is the one shortfall imo. 10 dollars = $10 but 1 Bitcoin = ₿ 100m?
For this to go all the way we'll need to start calling sats->bitcoin imo.
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Oh so this symbol no longer reads as "bitcoin"? I see.
people will organically start calling sats "bitcoin" if it ever gets adopted, but for now, people will send 10000 sats from WoS and receive ₿10000 on Bitkit. can't get much simpler than that!
For this to go all the way we'll need to start calling sats->bitcoin IMO.
you're onto something! 🤠 there are only integers in the Bitcoin protocol, not decimals. we don't need decimals other than for tracking the Bitcoin price...
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That will probably be the natural outcome imo. At first people will call it 'sats', but once normies adopt Bitcoin, the term used will gravitate to 'bitcoin' or 'bitcoins'.
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In hindsight I think this was always going to be the case, people don't like remembering multiple names for the same thing.
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exactly!
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