diff --git a/bip-0177.mediawiki b/bip-0177.mediawiki
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@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ By redefining the base unit as "one bitcoin," this BIP aligns user perception wi
* Internally, the base units remain unchanged.
* Historically, 1 bitcoin = 100,000,000 base units. Under this proposal, "1 bitcoin" equals one base unit.
-* What was previously referred to as "1 bitcoin" now corresponds to 100 million bitcoins under the new definition.
+* What was previously referred to as "1 bitcoin" now corresponds to 100 million bitcoin under the new definition.
+
+NOTE: This BIP adopts the convention of treating "bitcoin" as an uncountable noun.
'''Terminology:'''
@@ -39,22 +41,22 @@ By redefining the base unit as "one bitcoin," this BIP aligns user perception wi
'''Display and Formatting:'''
* Applications SHOULD allow users to toggle between the legacy BTC format (1 BTC = 100,000,000 base units) and the new integral format (1 bitcoin = 1 base unit).
-* Use of the ₿ symbol MAY be used to represent base-unit bitcoins but is OPTIONAL.
+* Use of the ₿ symbol MAY be used to represent base-unit bitcoin but is OPTIONAL.
Example 1:
* Old display: 0.00010000 bitcoin
-* New display: ₿10,000
or 10,000 bitcoins
or 0.00010000 BTC
+* New display: ₿10,000
or 10,000 bitcoin
or 0.00010000 BTC
Example 2:
* Old display: 10.23486 bitcoin
-* New display: ₿1,023,486,000
or 1,023,486,000 bitcoins
or 10.23486 BTC
+* New display: ₿1,023,486,000
or 1,023,486,000 bitcoin
or 10.23486 BTC
Example 3:
* Old display: 0.345 BTC
-* New display: No changes required or ₿34,500,000
or 34,500,000 bitcoins
+* New display: No changes required or ₿34,500,000
or 34,500,000 bitcoin
NOTE: Traditional number display abbreviations, like 2.5M
for millions, are also optional.
@@ -134,10 +136,10 @@ Some wallets, such as Bitkit, have successfully adopted integer-only displays, d
===Test Vectors===
-* Old: 1.00000000 Bitcoin
→ New: ₿100,000,000
(or 100,000,000 bitcoins
)
-* Old: 0.00010000 Bitcoin
→ New: ₿10,000
(or 10,000 bitcoins
)
-* Old: 0.00500000 Bitcoin
→ New: ₿500,000
(or 500,000 bitcoins
)
-* Old: 0.005 BTC
→ New: 0.005 BTC
(or ₿500,000
or 500,000 bitcoins
)
+* Old: 1.00000000 Bitcoin
→ New: ₿100,000,000
(or 100,000,000 bitcoin
)
+* Old: 0.00010000 Bitcoin
→ New: ₿10,000
(or 10,000 bitcoin
)
+* Old: 0.00500000 Bitcoin
→ New: ₿500,000
(or 500,000 bitcoin
)
+* Old: 0.005 BTC
→ New: 0.005 BTC
(or ₿500,000
or 500,000 bitcoin
)
All formerly fractional representations now directly correspond to whole-number multiples of the base unit.