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124 sats \ 8 replies \ @guyfawkes 1 Aug 2022 \ on: What Should SN Remove? meta

Remove the bitcoin price in USD featured in the header of the site. USD is irrelevant... at least in my bitcoin maxi psycho mind!

390 sats \ 4 replies \ @satoshisat 2 Aug 2022

Very much disagree with this. USD is very relevant. It really bugs me all the people that say "1 sat = 1 sat". That's meaningless and blindly idealistic. No matter how you slice it, the exchange rate of BTC to USD determines everything. Don't agree? Alright then how about I hire you for 1 sat an hour? Oh not high enough for you? Why not? Is it because in order to buy things to sustain yourself you need more than that per hour? Why is that? Oh is it because things cost fiat money and 1 sat doesn't get you a lot of fiat money?

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 2 Aug 2022

I like it as well. Probably more efficient ways to check sats/USD but SN has become my go to place to check the price.

234 sats \ 0 replies \ @xz 2 Aug 2022

"SN has become my go to place to check the price" - same.

might be complex to impliment, and need to keep loading the site fast, but if fiat is a thing, would be good to have reference to different currencies / counter-values.

Maybe not practical to have all. I'd like to see:

USD - as many places accept it IMF Special Drawing Rights - would be interesting to compare Salvadoran colón - well, no need for explanation

Or strip it out, replace with block height

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @guyfawkes 2 Aug 2022

If fiat mattered, I wouldn't spend as much time on this site. But when I see I've been tipped sats, it makes me want to contribute more to the site even though I've received less than $0.01 for a post/comment. I'm contributing as if I was in the future where Bitcoin is the global measuring tool for value. SN is my portal for stepping into the future. Having USD in the header is a thorn in the mind. Either way, @k00b has his finger on the pulse! May the best argument win!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @captain_stacks 2 Aug 2022

I agree with you on this., but I think 1 sat = 1 sat is making the point that 1 sat always represents the same fraction of the final total supply. Until the tail emissions crowd gets their way...