Cashapp abandoned “sats” in favor of “₿” 🥲
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How you say that? 🤣
It would be awesome if the spec simply said that "B" is sats instead of trying to re-define what 1 BTC is.
I fell like sats with the lowercase ses is best, jest sayin
Yep, agree.
They did this bullshit? Wow. When did that happen?
Fucking egos... Always breaking everything
Yes their explanation is confusing. How do you pronounce “₿” anyway? 😂
highly regarded.
this is peak central planning vibes.
Ignore the market then tell the market what is easier for them despite the conclusion the market already arrived at.
Completely retarded.
many such cases
😂
Tripped out today refilling my Primal wallet - how the fuck do I have 300,000 bitcoin in CashApp!!?? 😂
they did this in the Bitkey app too. Not a fan.
Would be helpful if @jack explained his logic behind this change.
This is a great idea! We will do the same thing with US dollars. One cent will now be simplified to $1 and One dollar will be simplified to $100. We're cancelling decimals! They're just too confusing. 🧐
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Why confuse normies by saying “sats” when you can confuse them even more by saying “₿” and then having to later explain that it’s really just sats and then having to explain what sats are anyway? So much better.
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This is the kind of thing that makes me think @Simon Dixon is right about the deep state having an agenda with Bitcoin.
You don't get Jack's degree of power and wealth without playing ball.
I’ve spent a long time among tech trends and users. This isn’t the last little change in the Bitcoin world that will try to ease things for users without jacking up the usability. Get used to it. Something will eventually stick. It barely matters.
Not an opinion given. That’s just the perspective I end up landing with when I see someone with audience make a UX call I don’t agree with. Ignore my post. Just my cope.
“It barely matters” is absolutely you giving your opinion and I don’t care that you think it doesn’t matter.
I don’t think it matters
In fact i kinda like it
Guess my opinion doesn’t matter either tho….
Damn
"Fr fr! But what’s your go-to slang for 'sats' then? 🤔💬 #WordPlay"
I feel bad for all those people running small bitcoin businesses that incorporated 'sats' into their business names, who, for years, have been the real face of bitcoin as money, who will now be left explaining twice as much as they already were, lest change all their names and logos and legal filings...
Bitcoin might not care, but people can. Sad day.
Didn't know about that. Just checked the settings and it shows that b sign (formerly sats). Just like our government, changing things without a vote, and for no good reason
Not a fan; but this is not one of the hills I'm willing to die on.
It feels like @Cash App and the whole Block ecosystem has a better shot at drawing in more normies than any other bitcoin project for the forseeable future. If @jack wants to use “₿”, then so be it. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner the rest of us get onboard, the better for everyone. I surrender.
That being said, "₿ is the smallest unit of bitcoin..." doesn't make much sense if you don't tell normies how to pronounce it. Tell them that “₿” is the symbol for "sats" if that's the intent. I fear that's not the intent, though. I suspect they really want to call it "bitcoin", and couldn't bring themselves to say so in this notice - because of how patently silly it would have been to say "Bitcoin is the smallest unit of bitcoin..." That *IS* a hill I am willing to die on.
Won't the use of ₿ for sats confuse those who use the same symbol for 1BTC?. If my Exchange shows that I have 1₿ I'm a happy man 😃
Nope, nope, nope, nope.
#SatsAreTheStandard ✨
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₿ats, ₿sats …. 🤭
They woke up and chose war.
Lol Sats are the standard.. what part dont you get?
I don’t like that Chinese character but even that is better than what they are using.
⚡️ only.
The "$5 in bitcoin" was just easier to say instead of 100ksats...
Now that 1k is as easy as 1$ I think they just want to make sure people will keep on in fiat..... Sad
Keep the Christ in Christmas, and keep the Satoshi in Bitcoin.
100 bits 😂😂😂
F that garbage.