Vote for the Name of the 0.0001 Bitcoin Unit
The Bitcoin Talk poll for he name of the 0.0001 Bitcoin unit will be ending at midnight (CST) this Friday. The four choices which made it through the initial stages of voting are as follows: bip - This name stems from the financial term “basis point“. With a bp being 1/100 of 1%, numerically it works out to the same fractional amount, even though it has a different meaning. bit – The original monetary bit referred to an amount commonly used in the colonial U.S., specifically 12.5 cents (1/8 of a Spanish dollar from the era.) finney – This name was suggested in honor of Hal Finney, whose....
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