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BIP177: Redefine Bitcoin’s Base Unit

This BIP proposes redefining the bitcoin unit of account to represent the protocol’s smallest indivisible unit as “1 bitcoin,” eliminating the need for decimal-based UI conventions. - Type: Informational - No changes to consensus rules or supply - Matches Bitcoin’s native integer representation - Includes multi-phase rollout recommendations Authored by: John Carvalho (@BitcoinErrorLog) Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/YwF-djZi1Bo/m/nIkyuClEAgAJ

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This BIP proposes redefining the bitcoin unit of account to represent the protocol’s smallest indivisible unit as “1 bitcoin,” eliminating the need for decimal-based UI conventions.

Type: Informational
No changes to consensus rules or supply
Matches Bitcoin’s native integer representation
Includes multi-phase rollout recommendations

Authored by: John Carvalho (@BitcoinErrorLog)

Mailing list:

https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/YwF-djZi1Bo/m/nIkyuClEAgAJ

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