Andreas Schildbach [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-03-13 📝 Original message:Indeed. And users were ...
📅 Original date posted:2014-03-13
📝 Original message:Indeed. And users were crying for mBTC. Nobody was asking for µBTC.
I must admit I was not aware if this thread. I just watched other
wallets and at some point decided its time to switch to mBTC.
On 03/13/2014 02:31 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> The standard has become mBTC and that's what was adopted. It's too late
> to try and sway this on a mailing list thread now.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Gary Rowe <g.rowe at froot.co.uk
> <mailto:g.rowe at froot.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> The MultiBit HD view is that this is a locale-sensitive presentation
> issue. As a result we offer a simple configuration panel giving
> pretty much every possible combination: icon, m+icon, μ+icon, BTC,
> mBTC, μBTC, XBT, mXBT, μXBT, sat along with settings for
> leading/trailing symbol, commas, spaces and points. This allows
> anyone to customise to meet their own needs beyond the offered default.
>
> We apply the NIST guidelines for representation of SI unit symbols
> (i.e no conversion to native language, no RTL giving icon+m etc).
>
> Right now MultiBit HD is configured to use m+icon taken from the
> Font Awesome icon set. However reading earlier posts it seems
> that μ+icon is more sensible.
>
> Let us know what you'd like.
>
> Links:
> m+icon screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/WCDoG
> Font Awesome icon: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icon/btc/
> NIST SI guidelines: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html
>
>
> On 13 March 2014 12:56, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at bitpay.com
> <mailto:jgarzik at bitpay.com>> wrote:
>
> Resurrecting this topic. Bitcoin Wallet moved to mBTC several weeks
> ago, which was disappointing -- it sounded like the consensus was
> uBTC, and moving to uBTC later --which will happen-- may result in
> additional user confusion, thanks to yet another decimal place
> transition.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Wendell <w at grabhive.com
> <mailto:w at grabhive.com>> wrote:
> > We're with uBTC too. Been waiting for the signal to do this,
> let's do it right after the fee system is improved.
> >
> > -wendell
> >
> > grabhive.com <http://grabhive.com>; | twitter.com/hivewallet
> <http://twitter.com/hivewallet>; | gpg: 6C0C9411
> >
> > On Nov 15, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> >> Go straight to uBTC. Humans and existing computer systems
> handle numbers to
> >> the left of the decimals just fine (HK Dollars, Yen). The
> opposite is
> >> untrue (QuickBooks really does not like 3+ decimal places).
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jeff Garzik
> Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
> BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/
>
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> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
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📝 Original message:Indeed. And users were crying for mBTC. Nobody was asking for µBTC.
I must admit I was not aware if this thread. I just watched other
wallets and at some point decided its time to switch to mBTC.
On 03/13/2014 02:31 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> The standard has become mBTC and that's what was adopted. It's too late
> to try and sway this on a mailing list thread now.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Gary Rowe <g.rowe at froot.co.uk
> <mailto:g.rowe at froot.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> The MultiBit HD view is that this is a locale-sensitive presentation
> issue. As a result we offer a simple configuration panel giving
> pretty much every possible combination: icon, m+icon, μ+icon, BTC,
> mBTC, μBTC, XBT, mXBT, μXBT, sat along with settings for
> leading/trailing symbol, commas, spaces and points. This allows
> anyone to customise to meet their own needs beyond the offered default.
>
> We apply the NIST guidelines for representation of SI unit symbols
> (i.e no conversion to native language, no RTL giving icon+m etc).
>
> Right now MultiBit HD is configured to use m+icon taken from the
> Font Awesome icon set. However reading earlier posts it seems
> that μ+icon is more sensible.
>
> Let us know what you'd like.
>
> Links:
> m+icon screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/WCDoG
> Font Awesome icon: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icon/btc/
> NIST SI guidelines: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html
>
>
> On 13 March 2014 12:56, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at bitpay.com
> <mailto:jgarzik at bitpay.com>> wrote:
>
> Resurrecting this topic. Bitcoin Wallet moved to mBTC several weeks
> ago, which was disappointing -- it sounded like the consensus was
> uBTC, and moving to uBTC later --which will happen-- may result in
> additional user confusion, thanks to yet another decimal place
> transition.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Wendell <w at grabhive.com
> <mailto:w at grabhive.com>> wrote:
> > We're with uBTC too. Been waiting for the signal to do this,
> let's do it right after the fee system is improved.
> >
> > -wendell
> >
> > grabhive.com <http://grabhive.com>; | twitter.com/hivewallet
> <http://twitter.com/hivewallet>; | gpg: 6C0C9411
> >
> > On Nov 15, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> >> Go straight to uBTC. Humans and existing computer systems
> handle numbers to
> >> the left of the decimals just fine (HK Dollars, Yen). The
> opposite is
> >> untrue (QuickBooks really does not like 3+ decimal places).
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jeff Garzik
> Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
> BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book
> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases
> and their
> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech
> _______________________________________________
> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> <mailto:Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net>
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book
> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and
> their
> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech
> _______________________________________________
> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> <mailto:Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net>
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book
> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their
> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech
>
>
>
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> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
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>