It’s a debate as old as Bitcoin itself: How can the world’s first cryptocurrency achieve true mass adoption? While the Bitcoin community focuses on improving user experience (UX), rolling out custody solutions, battling legislators, and onboarding institutions, core Bitcoin developer and CEO of Synonym John Carvalho has proposed a simpler solution: deprecate satoshis and remove the decimals to “reduce the cognitive load.”
Changing satoshi for bitcoin may improve the user experience
In a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) released in December 2024, Carvalho argues that eliminating the term ‘satoshi’ and removing the decimal points by changing satoshi for bitcoin would have a dual benefit: making Bitcoin easier to understand and removing unit bias, both key to attracting new users.
Currently, one bitcoin is made up of 100 million tiny pieces called “base units” or satoshis, which cannot be divided further. Carvalho’s proposal suggests redefining “bitcoin” to refer t
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