this is just confusing. having the same symbol for different denominations will cause lots of issues. this is ripe for abuse. what if something in the future, for some reason, really costs 10,000 bitcoin? what if something is 20 sats? even the dollar system has a different symbol for cents, though i feel i usually see that represented as just partial dollars. what a waste of hype
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Yes, that is just adding more confusion and is not solving anything.
Either introduce a separate symbol for sat as the cent has/had its symbol ¢ or stay with 0.0xx.
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introducing a separate symbol is shitcoin mentality.
bitcoin is hyperdeflationary, so we'll only need sats. no need for decimals.
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Caring about the aesthetics because of a lack of substance is shitcoin mentality. I thought Bitkit was better than that.
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it's not just aesthetics. normies don't recognize 丰 and don't know who created bitcoin, but they do recognize ₿.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @dgy 8 Feb
According to this logic adding a second layer to bitcoin would be shitcoin mentality, too ;-)
The decimal point will never disappear.
There is already a decimal point for satoshi as fees in lightning are calculated with milisatoshi precision and it is displayed with base satoshi (see LND).
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The decimal point will never disappear.
The higher the bitcoin price, the less practical it becomes. Why would anyone use decimals for anything when 1 BTC = $1M?
There is already a decimal point for satoshi as fees in lightning are calculated with milisatoshi precision and it is displayed with base satoshi (see LND).
msats don't exist:
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1617 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 7 Feb
As someone pointed out on X:
If ☕️ costs 20 000 ₿, nobody will think it cost 860 million $.
And if someone is asking for 10 ₿ for their 🏠 nobody will think they can buy it for half a cent.
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Yup this is just stupid. We get it, not many people (yet) understand or even know what a sat is but we already have:
  • bitcoin the token
  • Bitcoin the network
  • Bitcoin the Blockchain
Having Bitcoin (for sats) just makes this EVEN worse
It's not even a problem that needs fixing! People aren't stupid. They are capable of understanding dollars and cents, bitcoin and sats
So there's a different symbol for sats vs bitcoin, there's a different symbol for cents too: ¢ or ₵ or (mostly) c. C'est la vie. Pretty sure there's more important things to do than change a 15 year old standard that creates horrendous confusion and requires all software/hardware builders to redo millions of lines of code 🙄
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They are capable of understanding dollars and cents, bitcoin and sats
Ask random people on the streets how many people recognize the word "sats", then do the same with ₿
redo millions of lines of code
using ₿ as the sats symbol is actually a very simple UI change. instead of displaying "sats", display ₿. that's it. it took only one dev and a few hours to get it on Bitkit
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Ask random people on the streets how many people recognize the word "sats", then do the same with ₿
We said they were capable of understanding dollars and cents and thus, also understanding bitcoin and sats. Not that regular Joe has heard of sats. We know very few people have heard of / know about sats, but that'll change as adoption increases. People didn't know what the @ symbol was in 1999... but that changed
using ₿ as the sats symbol is actually a very simple UI change. instead of displaying "sats", display ₿. that's it. it took only one dev and a few hours to get it on Bitkit
That's your code base that's obviously not super complex or old. Many are old / complex or simply just not updated or maintained as well. Then there's all the books, the written articles (like the dozens on our site) endless podcasts, YouTube videos etc etc etc.
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31 sats \ 3 replies \ @gd 7 Feb
Totally agree. Wildly confusing
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @gd 8 Feb
I’m not sure if you expected that tweet to make this concept less confusing, but implying that people will “know” is a bad assumption.
The purpose of the symbol is to enhance the number with all the information required to clearly communicate the price/value.
Not only does using one symbol for multiple prices cause unnecessary confusion, it’s a regression in user experience from the sat symbol.
This gets even worse when you add the (even more) confusion between wallets that’s been introduced here.
If your premise for this is that people will “know” how much I’m charging (which is an incredibly faulty premise) then, in my opinion it is actually even better with no symbol at all for BTC/sats/mBTC.
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but implying that people will “know” is a bad assumption
They'll learn when they send 10000 sats from one wallet and receive ₿10000 in another.
Not only does using one symbol for multiple prices
Very few wallets use ₿ as a currency symbol. They mostly display "BTC". Besides, decimals are impractical, so we don't need ₿ as a currency symbol for it. Sats is the standard.
it’s a regression in user experience from the sat symbol.
The vast majority of wallets allow users to see the value of their balance in fiat.
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shrug
Isn’t this like Calorie vs calorie. Usually, when you talk about “calories” in food, technically you’re talking about 1000 calories or kilocalories or kcal but no one does that.
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interesting analogy 🤔
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It's hard for me to imagine a more bike-sheddy discussion than this one, although in truth I'm kind of enjoying it.
A nice laboratory in human consensus-building, actually. So meta.
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it's poetic how getting consensus on something so simple as the sats simple is just as hard as getting consensus on a new soft fork
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it's almost like these conversations really do matter.
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it matters for all the normies who are yet to onboard to bitcoin.
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i agree. normies coming in would be super confused trying to understand when B 10,000 means sats vs bitcoin.
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they'll send 10000 sats from one wallet and receive ₿10000 on another. both wallets will show that ~$4,39 was sent/received. quite straightforward!
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nothing about that is straight forward
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There is no need for consensus for that, the free market will sort this out, any talk on that is a waste of time imho
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the free market determines the consensus. this conversation is the free market in action!
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What I am trying to say is this is all superficial, the very least important thing to 0.000001
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there are many more important problems to solve on bitcoin, sure! but why not solve them all?
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Focus on the real work of merits that can drive more real value to Bitcoin, this can be a fiat/bitcoin job. And then the sats symbol arguement will just fall into place
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agree! btw, we are focused on driving real value, we're building bitkit. hope you try it out and let us know what you think!
Social consensus is exactly the barrier Bitcoin needs to overcome, everything that helps us get there is worth the discussion.
The definition of one bitcoin as 100m sats is the original mistake here.
Calling 100m of the smallest unit of Bitcoin a satoshi and the smallest unit itself a bitcoin might have been a better choice, or maybe just don't call 100m of the smallest unit anything since we already have names for quantities...
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fully agree 🤝 but we can't go back in time, so our best shot from now on is to use ₿ as the sats symbol
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i can get behind this symbol, i also think the unit bias of large numbers is really important to making people excited to hold bitcoin.
nobody wants to give up their life savings just to acquire a small fraction of something… but give them hundreds, thousands, or even millions of sats and they’ll feel richer than ever.
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487 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 7 Feb
i also think the unit bias of large numbers is really important to making people excited to hold bitcoin.
But was the source of this problem a currency symbol or what number the BTC price ticker shows? BTC/USD, BTC/EUR etc.
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321 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 7 Feb
you’re right, the source of the problem is what is shown on a price ticker
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I think more people need to be aware of Moscow Time. Feels better to buy 250k sats for €100 instead 0.0025 of one bitcoin.
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Moscow time is indeed the best solution!
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We don't need to dump from $43,854.85 to $0.0004. we can continue using BTC for price. As long as ₿1 remains under $0.01, it'll be easier to price bitcoin in BTC instead of sats. When ₿1 crosses $0.01, we'll no longer be concerned about pricing bitcoin in fiat.
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exactly! we must get rid of the unit bias as soon as possible! normies shouldn't think they need to buy an ETF to get a fraction of 1 BTC
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1045 sats \ 8 replies \ @k00b 7 Feb
I'm all for it if social consensus will have it but I'm not sure I can hold my breathe that long.
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223 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 7 Feb
How do I say "₿ 10 000" out loud?
Is it "ten thousand bitcoin" or "ten thousand sats"?
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ten thousand sats! just like we say "10 dollars" and display/type/write "$10".
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982 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 7 Feb
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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First, "ten thousand sats", at least until people are ready to do the sensible thing and just call them bitcoin too. It's not like "sats" actually has any useful purpose.
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Oh, I've just zapped ₿5 on this topic. What a rich guy was I? 😅
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🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕
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Let's do it another way. For 1 BTC we would use the symbol 🍕.
"I am rich, I just received🍕1! And those ₿100 means nothing to me." 🤔😅
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That’s perfect.
21M Bitcoin = the pizza 🟠. 1 BTC = a full slice 🍕. ₿ 1 = a pizza crumb 🪨.
Wait… It’s all pizza? Always has been.
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based. pizza the standard! 🍕
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1744 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 7 Feb
Congrats on your first launch in years, maybe this one gets used.
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glad you enjoyed it, anon!
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1132 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 7 Feb
A bit underwhelmed but I agree with the simple approach plus BTC really needs to overcome this unit bias thing.
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BTC really needs to overcome this unit bias thing.
I think the BTC price ticker which uses the price for a full bitcoin (100M sats) has more impact on this than a currency symbol. Imo, the solution is to make more people aware of Moscow Time.
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585 sats \ 15 replies \ @ek 7 Feb
I think this introduces more problems than it solves to be honest.
“But it sounds weird to call it ‘sats‘ and use the ₿ symbol” Many have tried to come up with a currency symbol that resembles the word ‘sats‘, but none reached a consensus. The verdict is in: it‘s either ₿ or none at all. There‘s no second ₿est.
I'll stick with the High Voltage emoji ⚡ since I don't understand why such an attitude should result in consensus if all others before "failed". Also, I am not aware of any currency symbol that tried to resemble the word "sats". ₿ is trying to resemble the word "bitcoin" though. I am only aware of the lightning and the kebab. They are not resembling the word "sats", are they?
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295 sats \ 6 replies \ @Natalia 7 Feb
₿ stands for Bitcoin for me. ⚡ is LN.
I think this introduces more problems than it solves to be honest.
yep, creating more problems than actually solving it, I guess the market would decide for itself.
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11 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 7 Feb
⚡ is LN.
That's the problem they are trying to solve haha
⚡ is sats for me, LN is or was just the first payment network where mainly sats are used.
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I am only aware of the lightning and the kebab.
did I just read the kebab? what is it have to do with kebab 😳
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Looks like a kebab: https://satsymbol.com/
Can't unsee since someone mentioned this. Also, not sure how else to describe this symbol? "the one that looks like a kebab" always worked fine so far haha
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even cooler, only the one knows knows - stacking kebab is the way!
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eat kebabs, stacks sats. don't eat sats, don't stack kebabs
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I like this - more sats, more kebabs!
I like the lightning ⚡ symbol too.
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⚡ works great for lightning, not as much for sats: https://x.com/bitkitwallet/status/1753468471185478139
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it'd be much simpler if elon kept the same 🐦 symbol instead of coming up with a new one!
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He bought x.com and finally got to use it. It's dumb. He's dumb. He's one the richest state funded welfare recipients on the planet.
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using an emoji as a currency symbol won't help normies treat bitcoin seriously
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 8 Feb
First time I hear this
498 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 7 Feb
Good luck.
822 sats \ 1 reply \ @VEINTIUNO 7 Feb
All this show, waiting and expectations for just a re-denomination? really?
Delusional! 1₿ = 1₿, 1sat = 1sat as always has been. now 1₿ = 1sat?
Dear friend, you got lost in a rabbit hole, work more or cry harder...
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All this show, waiting and expectations for just a re-denomination? really?
would you have liked it more if we sketched out an abomination like 丰? 😂
Dear friend, you got lost in a rabbit hole
it's fun down here! 🕳️
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thanks I hate it
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you hate ₿?
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I think changing what the ₿ stands for is confusing in an area where normies have already lost the plot.
Solid nak from me.
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₿ is pretty much just Bitcoin's logo. No one uses it as a currency symbol (and no one needs it to since we don't need decimals). Most wallets use "BTC" instead. Not much of a change in this aspect!
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1515 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTC_LN 7 Feb
So let me get this straight:
  1. 1 satoshi is written as 1 ₿, pronounced as "1 satoshi".
  2. Current 1 BTC would be: 100M ₿, pronounced as "hundred million satoshis".
  3. We don't refer to bitcoins the money as "bitcoins" anymore, only Bitcoin the network. Less confusion long term.
  4. No decimals, no 2 types (btc, sat) of denominations, just ₿, pronounced as "satoshis".
  5. ₿ does look like the "b" from bitcoin, but it's not a problem that it's actually pronounced "satoshi" because $ has nothing to do with the "dollar" either.
I think this is a reasonable idea, but we're so used to SAT and to the kebab to a smaller degree that many us will resist the change. Also, a handful of people will misunderstand this to be "printing" more bitcoin.
If we adopt this, we need a specific date when most sites switches over, ex. Jan 3, 2025.
Temporarily we could do this to be super clear: 1,000 ₿ (SAT). Then after a year drop (SAT).
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If we adopt this, we need a specific date when most sites switches over, ex. Jan 3, 2025.
I don't think we need such coordination (though it'd be ideal, sure). People will send ₿10000 from one wallet and receive 10000 sats on another. Doesn't have to be much more complicated than this.
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strong contender! already ingrained in everyone's minds
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the young ones won't get this :)
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161 sats \ 1 reply \ @hueso 7 Feb
Easier to scam people now by selling them 1 satoshi for 44k USD.
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no unit bias on sight, at least!
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Very ingenious. I like the idea
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let's ₿ the change 🤠
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₿ symbol looks a bit weird on stacker news, maybe it's the font
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the more we type ₿, the more we promote it, and the more the incentive for it to be added to mobile keyboards and such
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15 sats \ 7 replies \ @rblb 7 Feb
  1. Unit bias is FIAT mentality (also common scammy rhetoric used by tokens eg. safemoon)
  2. ₿ is already assigned to Bitcoin
  3. Why is there a small faction of allegedly Bitcoiners attempting to erase Satoshi from bitcoin? He did a lot for us, so it's only fair that we honor his legacy every time we spend bitcoin.
I suggest staying focused on scaling and building on Bitcoin, rather than politics.
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  1. Talk to normies and you'll see unit bias is very real.
  2. ₿ is on the Bitcoin logo, but few use it as a currency symbol. Wallets display 'BTC' instead.
  3. "If Satoshi wanted the currency units named after him, he would simply have done it. I think this behavior seems creepy and is harmful to Bitcoin." — gmax, 2019
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If Satoshi didn't care about the truth he would not have chosen his name to be the truth.
The BITCOIN logo is used everywhere and there are 21 million of them as cap. The Genesis Block was chosen as the G is the 7th letter. It's also biblical which Nakamoto means in Japanese, "from the book". 3 is a sacred number as masculine, feminine and child or third eye. 3 * 7 = 21 and 2+1 = 3 it's recursive.
Sats is the basic unit because Sat means truth. This is synchromysticism but also not incorrect.
Satoshi is the Awakened Person. Not an accident in pseudo anonymous choice. The man, woman or group behind the persona is not the persona. Satoshi left after the tools were in place and others carried the torch.
It's regressive to redefine what takes a little research in knowledge. The basic unit has been named and in L2 lightning the basic unit is mSats or 1000 mSats = 1 sat. Or 2.1 quintillion parts to the Bitcoin network.
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i thought i was deep into the rabbit hole, but i'm clearly nowhere near the bottom. impressive, congrats!
The basic unit has been named
There's no need to rename sats. We can still call them sats, just like we call it "dollars" and represent it with $. Sats are Bitcoin, so it deserves to be represented by the only currency symbol the world ever needs, designed by Satoshi himself!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @rblb 8 Feb
  1. We need to educate individuals with unit biases, as this flawed thinking could negatively impact other aspects.
  2. Correct, it's the Bitcoin logo, not the sats logo.
  3. So, I stand corrected. You keep saying the proposal is to use ₿ as the symbol but sats as name. In reality, it's more of a covert redenomination. Also i disagree with gmax.
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  1. agree!
  2. sats doesn't need a logo, only a currency symbol. decimals don't need a currency symbol.
  3. i personally don't necessarily agree with gmax, just dropped it here because it seemed relevant in the context. i agree we should honor satoshi's legacy, i just don't think we need another symbol for sats other than ₿ to do so, though
fwiw i agree that scaling and building (which we're doing with Bitkit) on Bitcoin is more important than politics. 🤝
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The word Satoshi is a Japanese version of the Sanskrit word for truth which is "Sat". In Latin, "satis" means "enough" or abundant.
Satoshi is Satori in that it is enlightened!
As with many basic concepts people will work hard trying to redefine it instead of learning the basic concept. The truth is already here but people will work hard to obscure it, ignore it or their ego will not accept it.
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No need to redefine it. Satoshi's legacy must be honored. Using the currency symbol he designed himself in 2010 as the sats symbol is an incredible way of honoring him!
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$. It's already on every keyboard and device, and it's purpose will be negated in 10 years...
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$ also carries such a negative connotation that represents the opposite of everything Bitcoin stands for. why would we want to associate sats pristine brand image with that?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheFish 8 Feb
I think the whole idea is to replace dollars, it would be a funny bit of irony if we replaced the dollar symbols representation with sats. Mission accomplished
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We are building a new monetary system! Wouldn’t it be way more symbolic to let $ become a relic from the past? I'd prefer if my grandkids only learned about the dollar sign in museums.
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Once the flippening happens where dollars and sats go one for one this week make Seth l sense (cents).
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Today, 1 satoshi buys 0,22 CRC, 0,36 ARS, and 0,39 NGN. Costa Rica, Argentina, and Nigeria also happen to be countries with growing Bitcoin adoption. A $10000 price tag could mean sats, CRC, ARS, or NGN. In countries like Colombia, where 1 sat parity has been reached (1 sat = 1,68 COP), it's even harder. As we approach hyperbitcoinization, the $ will grow more ambiguous, not less
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I think in Bitcoin. I don't need a special symbol for sats. It took me about two weeks to mathematically map it out but I did. People always want to dumb shit down for other people but the fact is that the people who use money will always understand price discovery. It's natural to the human mind. Even people who are innumerate and illiterate have a basic understanding of price discovery.
The sinister part is the front running by fractional reserve banking and money printing via fiat currency.
Using the Bitcoin logo for sats is dumb.
It's like those who want the United States to use metric for building materials. Carpenters understand imperial system because it's useful. Metric is just digital. Engineers use digital feet. But imperial measurement goes back to the pyramids! It's a reflection of astrological observation. The word carpenter means chariot builder. They used the wheel, compass, square, plumb bob and Miles ( 1000 double paces) to build. Carpenters were also masons. The wheel was the super tool!
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41 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 7 Feb
hahaha Bitkit is now using Thai Baht symbol 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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hahaha the Bitcoin logo is using Thai Baht symbol 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Perfection.gif
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Ok. I can get onboard.
Sats all the way down. Deal
Bitcoin requires second-layers to send less than ₿546.00
Until Bitkit solves the real UX issue (having to manage onchain and lighting balance seperately) this change of units just adds confusion
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different problems, different solutions. we can work on solving them both!
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Bigger problems. Limited resources. Rearrange your deckchairs at the expense of losing the ship.
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come work with us, we're hiring! https://synonym.to/team
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Why discriminate US citizens?
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not discrimination, it's due to legal constraints, unfortunately
we'd love to hire Americans, but unfortunately, the US is not friendly with Bitcoin companies that are unwilling to bend their knees...
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My lawyers will contact your laywers so we can keep discussing satsymbols on company time
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deal 🤝 please let's just sign an NDA so everything we discuss is kept off the record
12 sats \ 6 replies \ @ek 7 Feb
having to manage onchain and lighting balance seperately
Splicing solves this, no?
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Splicing solves this, no?
I was under impression that Bitkit had a separate account for LN and onchain. I tried to verify this, but the software required me to agree to "terms and conditions". Realizing that Bitkit was not built for cypherpunks, I uninstalled it.
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I was under impression that Bitkit had a separate account for LN and onchain
They might have, I don't know. My reply was more a question if you think that splicing would solve this -- independent if Bitkit uses splicing or not.
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1469 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullcount 7 Feb
Splicing could be a solution. Pheonix seems to manage a unified balance well using splicing. But seems the folks at Synonym Software Ltd. prefer to write satsymbol campaigns, terms and conditions, and blog posts that create problems instead of writing code that solves problems.
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we'll add splicing whenever LDK supports it.
every wallet with embedded LSPs will eventually have terms and conditions. the largest and most reliable LSPs will become companies, and opening a channel is a service being provided by a company, after all!
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₿ the change! Contribute to FOSS! How can Synonym help LDK get splicing?
Why wouldn't a company focus everything on the biggest problem? Why would any employee settle to work on anything less than the biggest problem at the company?
If the biggest problem is trying not to get sued or finding the right words or phrasing for your legal contracts and terms for compliance, sorry, you're doing it wrong. What would satoshi do?
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Contribute to FOSS!
Synonym literally maintains React Native LDK, and everything we develop is open-source.
Why wouldn't a company focus everything on the biggest problem?
Who said we aren't? Changing the sats symbol required only a few hours and a few lines of code from one single developer. Our main priorities remain!
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one global currency, one global symbol
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 8 Feb
i like it. but then ‘sats’ should simply be renamed to ‘bitcoins’.
₿ 21 000 >>> twenty one thousand bitcoins.
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i personally wouldn't mind if we got there eventually, but we don't need to go there now.
typing/displaying "₿ 10000" and calling it "10000 sats" is as natural as writing "$10" and calling it "10 dollars"
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10 000 bitcoins ?
It seems a bit ambiguous. For me the best is sats
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no need to stop calling it sats. 10000 sats = ₿ 10000. Just like we say "10 dollars" and type "$10".
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It feels awkward to say "satoshis" while seeing the Bitcoin symbol.
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does it feel awkward to say "dollars" while seeing an S crossed with a vertical stroke?
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Also, if you're talking about cents.
10 ¢ = $ 0.1
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we never need to talk about cents, they're worthless! Bitcoin is deflationary, sats will be worth a lot and we'll never talk in wholecoins, so it deserves to be represented by a well-recognized currency symbol (designed by Satoshi himself!).
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$ 10 ≠ $ 0.1
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we'll ever need ₿ as a currency symbol if not for sats because Bitcoin is deflationary.
why would you need to display amounts in decimals when you can buy cars for 0.00051392 BTC? sats are all you need! it'll make less and less sense to display fractional amounts as the Bitcoin price increases.
no one uses ¢ today because cents are worthless. no one will need ₿ for decimals because 1 BTC will be worth a lot. poetic!
I get the issue and the proposal, it has merits. But changing things now will only add more confusion. Lets be for Bitcoin (as an idealistic symbol) and agree on something else for sats.
Using the same symbol for both (or change course midway) will only create a mess.
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not as confusing as it may initially look: https://x.com/BTC_LN/status/1755254423012667609.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 7 Feb
We are in the era where majority of systems understand emojis, so I like ⚡. And maybe it could make for another character in utf-8 eventually.
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why do we need one more currency symbol? many have tried and failed already: https://blog.bitkit.to/the-quest-for-the-ultimate-sats-symbol-a-post-mortem-ba7d6c56a513
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210 sats \ 1 reply \ @oomahq 8 Feb
Bring it. Full support.
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let's ₿ the change!
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @AR0w 7 Feb
Sats is better
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no need to stop calling it sats. 10000 sats = ₿10000, just like 10 dollars = $10.
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Why don't we just reclaim the $ symbol. Sats will be at dollar parity soon enough. $1 = $1.
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because $ represents the opposite of what Bitcoin stands for. it's more symbolic to let $ die with fiat.
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There is a really good story in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" about what the $ sign actually stands for, you might find it quite interesting.
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interesting, thanks for the recommendation! gonna look it up.
still, most people didn't read atlas shrugged. the meaning of $ is whatever people perceive it to be (and today that's a pretty greedy, blood-tainted, blood-dripping symbol)
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No problem.
One closing thought: I think there is something cathartic and powerful about reclaiming a symbol though. Leaving something behind and abandoning it just because it has a bloody history only ensures that it will be revisited in the future as we have seen time and time again. On the other hand, taking it and revitalising it with goodness means the original thing might lose that meaning and gain a new one.
This is all just speculation to be honest I am not even sure we need a symbol :). The word "sats" is enough in a lot of cases.
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One closing thought: I think there is something cathartic and powerful about reclaiming a symbol though. Leaving something behind and abandoning it just because it has a bloody history only ensures that it will be revisited in the future as we have seen time and time again. On the other hand, taking it and revitalizing it with goodness means the original thing might lose that meaning and gain a new one.
That's indeed very interesting to think of. Thanks a lot for sharing!
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I understand the sentiment but I could only see something like this working if adoption happens organically with some obvious way to tell its in sats.
₿s69,420 ₿/69,420
But I'm just here to observe and see how this pans out.
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if you get charged ₿10000 for a coffee, will you be confused if the cost you half a billion dollars? there's way less room for confusion than it initially looks!
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Confusing AF, only bitcoin and satoshi.
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you send 10000 sats from one wallet and receive ₿10000 in another. both wallets show the USD amount as ~$4,49. quite simple!
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when will bitcoiners realize NO ONE outside of our bubble wants sats? they want BITCOIN
₿ 69420 = “69420 sats”🤙🏽
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Decimals suck📠
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let's ₿ the change! 🫡
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Pennies have a cent symbol in many different currencies. This is normal, so no one confuses the bigger with the smaller amounts.
This whole argument sounds like you don't believe bitcoin will be important enough one day for humanity to learn the smaller amounts' symbol. That's kinda sad.
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we're actually so bullish that we believe 1 BTC will be worth millions, and few will be wholecoiners. no one will need to learn decimals at that point.
we want future bitcoiners to look at their balances and feel like they're making progress by saving ₿ 20 000, not that they're poor because they only have 0.0002 BTC.
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https://satsymbol.com is the better option. The only argument against that one is that it somehow looks like the symbol of a famous shitcoin? Since when does Bitcoin care about what shitcoins do? Anyhow, there are more important things to focus on than a stupid symbol.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 9 Feb
satoshi never wanted this bs, stop with the cult shit and use the btc logo lmao, no one cares or wants "sats", they want BITCOIN
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The only argument
ask people on the streets what 丰 means and let me know how many can answer correctly!
there are more important things to focus on than a stupid symbol.
agree 🤝
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bitcoin.com = Bcash bitcoin.org = ₿
satsymbol.com = 丰 satsymbol.org = ₿
coincidence?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @xz 8 Feb
I must think on this further ...
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Im afraid it is
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no second ₿est
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110 comments? Looks like I'm late to the party. I'm going to go now.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @mo 7 Feb
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I like this idea.... I think "sats" are a silly and confusing name.
If I could rename it myself I'd call factions of bitcoin "bits."
1.00000000 = 1 Bitcoin 0.01000000 = 1 million bits
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 9 Feb
could just say bits are bitcoins?
1.10 = 1 bitcoin and 10 satoshis
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bits are an arbitrary decimal that doesn't exist in the bitcoin protocol. let's keep using the base unit, sats
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Nope, I advocate for no change to the recognizable symbol - for the same reasons the site advocates for change. Too much brand recognition to change it. Introduce a new symbol for sats that leverages the existing brand recognition and goes along with the same theme. Picrel
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丰 is not well recognized outside of a small bubble in the bitcoin twitter
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I'd never adhere to it. This is apex confusion. Find another symbol.
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finding another symbol is shitcoin mentality! no need to fork anything. the perfect symbol for sats has existed ever since 2010.
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In some countries, the prices of goods in shops are written like $134. However, it does not refer to US dollar or any other dolar-named currency at all. Let's leave it up to shops and people.
For me, it is very confusing to use ₿ for sats. I like more the kebab symbol. Anyway, it does not really matter 😉.
Fortunately, Bitcoin itself doesnt care. It just includes more blocks into the chain in the mean time. And from this point of view, this is more a PR of Bitkit. Keep calm and stay hodling.
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agree, Bitcoin doesn't care and the free market will decide. curious to see what will come out of this down the road!
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How about branding millibit and microbit for now ?

1000 millibit = 1 Bitcoin
So if there is 1 Bitcoin in your account its 1000 millibit
So millibit = 0.001 bitcoin microbit = 0.000001 bitcoin nanobit = 0.000000001 bitcoin so on and so forth femtobit, attobit, zeptobit yoctobit

As of now only millibit and may be microbit will be relevant

1 millibit approximately equal 4.3 USD 1 microbit will be 0.43 cents 2.32 microbit approximately equal 1 cent 232 microbit approximately equals 1 USD
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agree! we should also use the ₿ symbol for millibit, microbit, nanobit, femtobit, attobit, zeptobit, and yoctobit. One symbol to rule them all!
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Show Satoshi some Love and Respect The apt name for the base unit is Satoshi
Some time in future - 1 Satoshi will give u a cup of tea.
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"If Satoshi wanted the currency units named after him, he would simply have done it. I think this behaviour seems creepy and is harmful to Bitcoin." — gmax, 2019
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Let's get this show on the road. I'll be keeping an eye out.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @go 7 Feb
Methinks Synonym is advocating for the Bits Standard ? @mattcrv

STAY HUMBLE AND BAG BITS

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not at all. no need to arbitrarily group the base units of the bitcoin protocol. decimals are unnecessary. integers/sats are the way!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @go 7 Feb
So you’re a 2.1 Quadrillion maximalist? Just trying to hone in what you’re saying
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yes, sats the standard! ∞/₿2.1Q. the bitcoin protocol only deals with integers, not decimals...
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I am confused now but if most of them liked it I hope its implemented everywhere.
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not as confusing as it may look at first: https://x.com/BTC_LN/status/1755254423012667609.
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this is how it should be! i'm onboard
Use sat/sats, until the dollar is no more and we can use $ for sats.
₿1 = $100,000,000
Might come around the same time.
"redenominate" (and use a awkward syntax)
And to think I got all excited for this because I felt like someone put some serious thought/effort into coming up with a less confusing symbol. Someone flog me.
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120 sats \ 1 reply \ @Eobard 7 Feb
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hard to dislike ₿!
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