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Now nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu0k0t75 is pushing BIP-177 to change satoshis to bitcoin.

Are these people crazy?!

Turning 21 million bitcoin into 2.1 quadrillion “bitcoins” isn’t just bad branding—it completely nukes the most important meme in Bitcoin’s history.

This isn’t just a bad idea.

It’s a recipe for confusion, dilution, and long-term cultural fragmentation.

We’ve spent 15 years building absolute clarity around one of the strongest memes in monetary history:

21 million Bitcoin. 100 million satoshis each.

Simple. Elegant. Untouchable.

And now, right on the edge of global adoption—now—they want to rewrite the script?

This doesn’t feel like UX optimization.

It feels like a narrative hijack.

A subtle takeover—not of the protocol, but of how people think about Bitcoin.

And that’s just as powerful.

Maybe I’m paranoid.

But changing the unit, the name, and the supply right before mass onboarding doesn’t just feel tone-deaf—it feels strategic.

Like rewriting the map while millions are just beginning to find their way.

I’ve never heard anything more short-sighted, more dangerous, or more fundamentally disconnected from what makes Bitcoin work.

It’s not a UI bug.

It’s a memetic monument.

You don’t demolish it for clicks, smooth UX, or vanity campaigns.

You protect it—because mass adoption is coming.

And what people adopt must be the truth, not a convenient lie wrapped in “accessibility.”

I think we need a unit for 100 sats

It is much simpler to think to spend about something worth 0.1 usd or 1 usd (in 5 years) than worth 100k usd or 0.1 cents

I am not sure calling it bitcoin would be a problem. There would be 21 trillions bitcoins (at 100 sats a bitcoin) in line with US M2 now (and less us M2 tomorrow

Satoshi (I know it is not an argument but it shows some people not hostile to Bitcoin or stupid) mentioned possibility of changing decimals for the unit

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