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unSATiated

1. It is connected to the sat symbol: https://satsymbol.com/

2. No, it doesn't

3. Lower casing the subunit is a made up convention, and already has a use.

No thanks, I'll stick to the sat symbol.

vinney...axkl 1mo ago 💬 1

2. ETH uses Ξ . the similarity to the ultimate shitcoin is too much for me

3. and this 'sats symbol' isn't a made up convention? it's all made up, we're making it all up. we've got a chance to make something up that a wider audience will be able to recognize.

you really don't think that lowercasing a subunit doesn't have an immediate rationale to it, even for the uninitiated?

besides, the convention isn't *entirely* novel:

in computing, bytes are B, bits are b.

chemistry: m vs M (molal vs molar concentration)

math: p vs P (probability value vs measure)

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unSATiated 1mo ago 💬 1

I'm just saying if we're making it all up, you can't pretend like lower casing is some kind of well-known convention for currency subunits, when it really isn't. I get the rationalle of it, but it's not convincing.

A b will cause more confusion, because it's unclear what it stands for? "Bits"? "Bats"?

Sats are absolutely not bitcoins (boo BIP-177 👎), and the symbol for it shouldn't even hint that way.

Besides, we have a symbol for sats, and it's an interesting, beautiful, meaningful and unique one. 😍

vinney...axkl 1mo ago

Well we definitely agree that sats are not bitcoins :)