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.
Discussion
what makes that symbol the sat symbol?
It was somehow upvoted on Twitter quite a bit. All I know. I liked it until the b. Now I'm a b maxi
right, its just "the thing" because people liked it. they might also like the "b" - maybe more?
honestly, the "call sats 'bitcoin'" crowd is powerful and influential (especially with Square now) so just practically an alternative proposal that is going to have a chance can't ignore their success and try to do something else entirely - it probably needs to be a kind of concilitory response to the ground they've already gained. hence the 'b'.
"we get it, you're winning. will you compromise and at least just not use the uppercase 'B'? we can agree to that compromise". its like that.
I thought the ϟ are bitcoin (lol I have lightning bolt saved as keyboard thing for word sats) thing was just a troll. It's silly imo, but don't care too much. I like bits too, since playing a little poker recently where that denomination of chips made the most sense.
The kebab symbol is overly complex and probably got upvoted because it felt like more impact per vote. Who wants to vote for boring "b"
I agree with all this. (probably even including the "bits" bit, but i'm still figuring that one out).
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)
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. 😍
Well we definitely agree that sats are not bitcoins :)