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BIP177 proposes redefining Bitcoin's base unit by making 1 satoshi = 1 bitcoin.

Currently, 1 bitcoin = 100,000,000 satoshis.

This change aims to simplify transactions and reduce confusion.
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Chaintok · 59w
Disagree BIP-177! Whether it is a name or a unit, Satoshi is a well-known fact. We all are proud of him. And the Lightning Network has added 3 more decimal points (millisatoshi), so what will it be called after that?
Deleted Account · 59w
1 satoshi = 1 bitcoin
ᴄʏʙᴇʀɢᴜʏ 👽 · 59w
Who tje hell "proposed" this? Was the cocaine too much?
Monty Morelia · 59w
This doesn’t simplify anything, but just adds confusion where there was none.
Kayne · 57w
Sounds like the idea is to increase confusion.
namosca · 57w
British where redefining feet and inches to match the new kings limbs, they also created miles, foot, yard, etc, because they had to invent new names for different lengths. Much more useful was international systems of units which stoped renaming units and just added prefix like gram, kilogram, mil...
namosca · 57w
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namosca · 57w
According to your bip177 theory that's 30 cents. Which by the way is 0.3 cents, as 1 cent= 1 USD #bip177