George Vaccaro on Nostr: This move is the most retarded act of anyone "on behalf of" bitcoin. Units matter. ...

This move is the most retarded act of anyone "on behalf of" bitcoin. Units matter. Present your best argumenrs.

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It's self evidently a horrible idea. Units matter.

"bItCoIn iS sCaRcE! tHeRE wIlL oNlY eVeR bE 2.1 qUaDrIlLiOn!"

"cEnTs aNd dOlLaRs aRe tHe sAmE!"

I became somewhat internet famous for almost exactly this sort of units confusion. See "VerizonMath". https://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2007/08/original-recording-of-verizon-customer.html

What could possibly go wrong?

Didn't we lose a $300 million Mars orbiter due to units of measure being mismatched?

Imagine scanning an article/stream/video paywall invoice for 5 "₿"? Totally insane. Is this guy going for broke in terms of being a bad actor or just high on his own supply?