This looks like a very interesting game.. I'll win by using that 1% skill.
Edit: Played like 20 rounds, really awesome, I thought I was rich, but then realized 1 bit is like 0.000001 BTC x_x
Yah, if you look back in this thread, there are a bunch of people who are totally confused by this "bits" lingo. I've seen it in a few places and I personally find it pretty dumb. Why some people think it's a good idea to add the confusion of renaming a particular fraction of bitcoin I have no idea.
FWIW, I haven't tried moneypot I just read through this thread.
Bits make sense with the way the multiplier works in this game. Also the "bunch of people" was really only Sed, who has the intelligence of a kindergartener. Its really just base 10 and honestly once you get used to doing the calculation in your head bits are a lot more enjoyable
Wait, I guess you're going to need to add monbox to your list of folks with low intellegence. And, maybe tspacepilot. Aren't super smart people like you supposed to get capitalization right, btw? (ahem, "Sed"? go ahead and try to run Sed at your UNIX prompt)
Oh, and since you are the modern day Einstein, please explain to me, in language a kindergartener can understand, how it is that any unit which is "just base 10", as you say, makes any more sense than any other. And, what would be really impressive, is if you can show me how "bits" makes so much sense and uBTC is just for dummies like me.
This is the last post I'm making to you,
Sounds good dude, if you wanna lay the fuck off of the ad hominem bullshit attacks on other people's intelligence then I prolly won't have anything to say to you either.
Sed, (capitalize proper nouns, ya know basic grammar)
If you think that capitalization or other orthographic conventions have the slightest thing to do with grammar, then I'm just gonna have to refer you to George Bernard Shaw (for a starting point) and hope you educate yourself. (for a more modern reference, enjoy Geoff Pullam, for example, on languagelog.org).
How does understanding how to do conversions make me the "modern day Einstein" as you have put it. Okay, since your main question was asking me why this unit made sense over any other was because of how the multipliers work. 1 bit is 100 satoshi, so if I bet 1 bit at 1.01x I am going to get 1 satoshi, or .01 bits. Now say, what happens when I use satoshi for this. A random newbies joins the site, deposits a little trys to bet 455 satoshi... oh wait he can't. That would be 4.55 bits, which doesnt work.The site gives him a big error and says he cant bet. This confuses him, and creates even more issues.
Wait, you were gonna explain how "bits' works and uBTC doesn't. Einstein, you've fucked up here!
MBTC ...
Oh shit it's that capitalization thing again. But even you must know that mBTC isn't a proper noun?! Surely you aren't referring to MegaBTC here.
also isnt the friendliest unit for this either, as the decimals can get mixed up easy while the game is running and you have a bet of 22.5 mBTC going. So this is why bits are alot more beginner friendly once they understand the conversion.
Also I was not calling tspace out, or anyone else that doesnt prefer bits to something else. I personally have no issues with anyone in this thread. I just get frustrated with people like Sed who can't think about bits and what they are good for. I guarantee if you had done a little thinking you could have answered your question about why bits make more sense than any other sub unit of BTC for this game. Just simple decimal places man, you don't need 30 posts here to talk and rant about why the suck (Sed)
Seems like you're switching between 3rd and 2nd person in addressing me. Your grammar nazi-ism doesn't rule that out for you? In other matters, I think we can drop this if you wanna get the fuck off my balls. Not everyone in this thread seems to have to turn someone else's opposing opinion into a matter of "that dude sux and has low intelligence". Learn to discuss without attacking others and you will not be attacked.
Later.