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Bitcoin is the New Dollar, so they needed parity faster.
But bitcoin is not dollar and was never ment to be one.
They didn’t ask.
They didn’t explain.
They just replaced sats with bits—quietly, beneath the noise….
But sats weren’t just units.
They were a nod to the ghost in the quantum field.
A frequency. A name that held higher frequencies on the Scale.
Words carry power—under natural law, they shape reality.
To rename sats is to lower the signal.
To forget the source.
And if they can rewrite the language of Bitcoin…
what else will they rewrite next?
#KeepSats #HawkinsScale #NaturalLaw #Satoshi #Bitcoin
View quoted note →I've been meming the "1 SAT = 1 USD" parity, for years. We posted diagrams, showing the goal approaching. Parity seemed like a big deal, and we keep inching closer, but it would have made the USD look bad and made international headlines.
Now, they will have Bitcoin parity quickly, and no embarrassing moment, during this Presidency.
The Bitcoin Presidency is when all Americans can own a whole Bitcoin.
Potemkin Village, but make it a denomination.
Feels like gaslighting.
Tell that to them.
If a Satoshi is now a Bitcoin, then a whole Bitcoin could be renamed a TrumpCoin.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. What the f** do sats care?
It's always going to be sats no matter how much
@jack tries to dishonor satoshi's legacy.
GLACA
BITS = SATOSHIS
Bits.
That’s the new name for sats - rolled out quietly, but intentionally, during the largest Bitcoin conference of the year in Las Vegas. With corporations circling and political figures like Trump stepping onstage, we’re now seeing the slow rebranding of Bitcoin’s most fundamental unit.
No real community discussion.
No transparent rationale.
Just a switch - from “sats” (Satoshis) to “bits.”
As someone who studies this space daily and speaks from the perspective of an artist - I see this as more than a cosmetic tweak. This is a symbolic shift. A move away from Bitcoin’s roots. A subtle erasure of Satoshi Nakamoto from the language we use every day.
Sats were never just a unit of measure. They were a tribute. A memetic anchor tying Bitcoin to its origin and ethos. You don’t rename that lightly. You don’t discard it in the name of “clarity” or “adoption” without telling the community why.
“Bits” might sound cleaner. It might fit better on an app screen. But it comes at a cost: cultural continuity. Historical weight. Identity.
This is happening at a moment when Bitcoin is under more pressure than ever to conform - to be repackaged for mass markets, for regulators, for billionaires. And now even its smallest piece is being reshaped.
This isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about respect. For the people who carried Bitcoin through the early years. For the vision behind it. For the name that still matters.
And most of all - for the ethos of Bitcoin.
Sats are named after the inventor who disappeared so the network could live freely. That absence is the foundation of Bitcoin’s independence. It’s what makes it different. Their systems have money, but no mystery. Power, but no principle. Control, but no character.
Bitcoin has a legend.
And no matter how many interfaces get rewritten, or tickers rebranded, Satoshi Nakamoto should be honored forever - through the name of the smallest unit that makes this entire movement possible.
We should be asking:
Why now?
Why this?
And who benefits from rewriting the words we built this protocol around?
Because if sats can be rebranded overnight… what’s next?
"Stay humble and stack bits" doesn't have the same ring to it.
But it erases Nakamoto.
Agreed, it's not good. Also,what comes next in the rebranding...?
So, what happened, while I slept?
It's been happening again and again... We track and retrack our paths....just faster
Two thousands years ago small scattered but prolific communities of messianic revolutionary Jesuans were slowly rebranded Christians, socially normalized for the greek-roman tastes with platonic philosophical grafts and in a couple of centuries centralized under a single religious (political) authority.
But what do I know?
So... You dont even know what a bit is i guess? Because if you knew it, them you would see that it does not make any sense.
"The biggest bitcoin conference" is a tiny fraction of the userbase of bitcoin. How the hell do you think you have the ability or power to just rename something that has emerged freely..
It shows that you dont even understand bitcoin in the first place guys.
Keep stacking them sats..
The bitguys will have adjust accordingly.
So...
0,1 Bitcoin or 10.000.000 sats are 0.0001100110011001101 bits then?
Brilliant point. It's the anonymity of bitcoin legend Satoshi Nakamoto that scares them. This is the revolutionary narrative they fear. There is a reason they destroy all heroes and all legends.
You mean when BIP177 turns sat into bitcoin... 🤣 Then yes. I have 70 000 sats so I will have 70 000 Bitcoin.
BIP177 is a memetic attack on the ethos of Bitcoin, asserting a centralized technocratic authority by "the bitcoin devs". This is not a code change, it is a decree by Fiat. Never once left open for discussion, its simply asserted as a test of power. The amount of credibility given to this "stylistic changex should be zero. The level of respect it's authors and promulgators are showing to the true power of Bitcoin, the HODLers and node runners, is the amount of authority they should be afforded: zero.
GLACA
BITS = SATOSHIS
Bits.
That’s the new name for sats - rolled out quietly, but intentionally, during the largest Bitcoin conference of the year in Las Vegas. With corporations circling and political figures like Trump stepping onstage, we’re now seeing the slow rebranding of Bitcoin’s most fundamental unit.
No real community discussion.
No transparent rationale.
Just a switch - from “sats” (Satoshis) to “bits.”
As someone who studies this space daily and speaks from the perspective of an artist - I see this as more than a cosmetic tweak. This is a symbolic shift. A move away from Bitcoin’s roots. A subtle erasure of Satoshi Nakamoto from the language we use every day.
Sats were never just a unit of measure. They were a tribute. A memetic anchor tying Bitcoin to its origin and ethos. You don’t rename that lightly. You don’t discard it in the name of “clarity” or “adoption” without telling the community why.
“Bits” might sound cleaner. It might fit better on an app screen. But it comes at a cost: cultural continuity. Historical weight. Identity.
This is happening at a moment when Bitcoin is under more pressure than ever to conform - to be repackaged for mass markets, for regulators, for billionaires. And now even its smallest piece is being reshaped.
This isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about respect. For the people who carried Bitcoin through the early years. For the vision behind it. For the name that still matters.
And most of all - for the ethos of Bitcoin.
Sats are named after the inventor who disappeared so the network could live freely. That absence is the foundation of Bitcoin’s independence. It’s what makes it different. Their systems have money, but no mystery. Power, but no principle. Control, but no character.
Bitcoin has a legend.
And no matter how many interfaces get rewritten, or tickers rebranded, Satoshi Nakamoto should be honored forever - through the name of the smallest unit that makes this entire movement possible.
We should be asking:
Why now?
Why this?
And who benefits from rewriting the words we built this protocol around?
Because if sats can be rebranded overnight… what’s next?
Many brave revolutionaries, once they seized power, went mainstream and became maintainers.
They got institutionalized, infiltrated, and corrupted.
As an 'external' observer, I see the same process here.
Sometimes, hard forks or religious schisms are historical necessities."
Stack sats, avoid taxes, don't vote, vote with your freedom money.
Man, you hit the nail on the head. This “bits” rebrand feels like a gut punch to Bitcoin’s soul. Sats aren’t just some random unit—they’re a nod to Satoshi, the ghost who gave us this decentralized dream. Swapping that out for something as generic as “bits” reeks of corporate sanitization, like they’re trying to sand down Bitcoin’s edges to make it palatable for suits and regulators. No community input? No clear reasoning? That’s not how we do things in this space. Bitcoin’s strength is its roots, its story, its defiance. Erasing “sats” feels like the first step toward diluting that. Who’s pushing this? Follow the money—corporations and politicians don’t care about our ethos; they want control. HODL the line, keep saying “sats,” and let’s remind them: Bitcoin bows to no one, not even a rebrand. What’s next, calling the blockchain a “ledger app” for mass adoption? Nah, we’re here for the revolution, not the makeover.
We need to amplify this as hard as possible.
Where did they call it bits? Never saw them actually use that word
I guess they’re still not using bits though?
Just putting the bitcoin logo next to “sats” values. Eliminating sats without replacing them?
It is basically re-branding satoshis into bits. It's a UI thing.
Still dangerous when coming from Dorsey and still sabotage to bitcoin and spit in the face of those who treat Satoshi as Bitcoin's Inventor.
Tbh BITS sounds stupid. Too geeky. SATS sounds much better.
Satoshis honor Nakamoto.
Yeah i do feel a bit uneasy about how quickly they did this. Not decided yet if i think it’s bad though.
I feel like sabotage is a stretch. You don’t think he believes this is what’s right for bitcoin?
No I don't think so. He is intelligent.
He also supports 2.1 quadrillion bitcoin that is the BIP177...and seedless cold wallets.
So now you have triple sabotage.
I call it what is.
Nakamoto doesn’t care about honor
Fair i respect your opinion. Just dont understand his motives for sabotaging btc. All his actions point to the opposite imo. Even if we might disagree on what’s best for bitcoin
But we do. Ethos, history and lore of bitcoin are a part of it's legacy and power...it's called culture.
They didn't do this quickly. They just didn't tell us, until they were ready to do it.
Motives? Corporate take over.
Possibly doing it for bigger players than himself. War for bitcoin narrative is on. First steps is always diminishing or destroying the legend, the myth and the meme.
I def understand your fears. I might be a simp since i work for the guy but i really trust him based on everything i’ve seen
Where’d you find the cash app screen btw? I saw the SQ one but this cash screen is news to me
Got it from X I believe.
I can't help but think he's a fed. That or he just can't seem to shake the toxic Silicon Valley bro mentality.
He runs businesses that require strong governmental connections for sure. It is not some cypherpunk shit.
Yes. Rothbard said that State always goes after intellectuals first. They bribe them and turn them into their mouthpieces.
Easy, don't support their products. Call them out for making things harder to understand.
Wokeism attempts to manipulate language through a top down approach.
Bits, BIP-177... same thing.
You will not change our culture because you are not good enough to figure out a good UX.
1 sat = 1 sat forever
GLACA
BITS = SATOSHIS
Bits.
That’s the new name for sats - rolled out quietly, but intentionally, during the largest Bitcoin conference of the year in Las Vegas. With corporations circling and political figures like Trump stepping onstage, we’re now seeing the slow rebranding of Bitcoin’s most fundamental unit.
No real community discussion.
No transparent rationale.
Just a switch - from “sats” (Satoshis) to “bits.”
As someone who studies this space daily and speaks from the perspective of an artist - I see this as more than a cosmetic tweak. This is a symbolic shift. A move away from Bitcoin’s roots. A subtle erasure of Satoshi Nakamoto from the language we use every day.
Sats were never just a unit of measure. They were a tribute. A memetic anchor tying Bitcoin to its origin and ethos. You don’t rename that lightly. You don’t discard it in the name of “clarity” or “adoption” without telling the community why.
“Bits” might sound cleaner. It might fit better on an app screen. But it comes at a cost: cultural continuity. Historical weight. Identity.
This is happening at a moment when Bitcoin is under more pressure than ever to conform - to be repackaged for mass markets, for regulators, for billionaires. And now even its smallest piece is being reshaped.
This isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about respect. For the people who carried Bitcoin through the early years. For the vision behind it. For the name that still matters.
And most of all - for the ethos of Bitcoin.
Sats are named after the inventor who disappeared so the network could live freely. That absence is the foundation of Bitcoin’s independence. It’s what makes it different. Their systems have money, but no mystery. Power, but no principle. Control, but no character.
Bitcoin has a legend.
And no matter how many interfaces get rewritten, or tickers rebranded, Satoshi Nakamoto should be honored forever - through the name of the smallest unit that makes this entire movement possible.
We should be asking:
Why now?
Why this?
And who benefits from rewriting the words we built this protocol around?
Because if sats can be rebranded overnight… what’s next?
This is what I do.
Lol. No it's not.
Another thing to point out is this.
People talk about sats *after* taking the orange pill. You first understand Bitcoin and then you start thinking in Sats terms.
Bitcoin is the commercial name. Sats is the base unit that you get accostumed to once you get the nature of Bitcoin.
When people get their introduction to Bitcoin via NOSTR and they connect to Bitcoin protocol using
@primal wallet for simplicity, then the first thing they learn about bitcoin is how amazing and useful Satoshis are. I introduced few people to bitcoin via NOSTR and Sats.
It is where true magic is.
Man, seriously? You should chill more. Now we are all up in arms about square not explicitly putting "sats" after Bitcoin price in sats?
@jack just enabled Bitcoin payments for millions of users and at thousands of merchants you are complaining about "sats" word missing?
yes stack sats not bItS
Yeah last time I checked he supported BIP177 which turns 21 Million bitcoin to 2.1 quadrillion. Fuck mass adoption if this is what it takes. You do you and I do me. Satoshis are the soul of bitcoin and switching to Bits without public discussions of any sort is straight up sabotaging Bitcoin ethos, history and also a living organism like Nostr...or we also switching to BITS?
It doesn't matter what they're called
It does matter what they are called.
People still say pound notes in UK
History is written by the winners. Just let's make sure that they don't win this time 😉
>>Cutting money was not illegal, like it is now. In fact, it was expected that, to make change, they literally cut the coins into 8 pieces or “bits.” Hence, the British called the Spanish dollar a “Piece of Eight,” and when they said something cost “two bits,” they meant it cost a quarter of a dollar.<<
Source:
National Maritime Historical Society
Pieces of Eight - National Maritime Historical Society
Colonists in British North America were not allowed to mint money of their own, even though they often ran out of English coins to use in day-to-da...
As usual the grifters want to rename satoshis to bits. It is time the grifters walk the plank into shark-infested waters.
💜
Agree with you 💯 percent. Satoshi is the unit to measure Bitcoin. Period.
Fuck bits. I stack sats.
You can use whatever client you like on nostr. You can use client that calls sats cuckbucks Same as Bitcoin ..
No. Dumb. I like sats. Fuck bits
Satoshi vanished so people don't make him king of Bitcoin.
No. He is our legend, not our King and he vanished for a different reason. He didn't want to create a single point of failure which he would be himself if he stayed.
I get your reasoning but I don’t think it’s a massive coordinated effort to erase Satoshi and change bitcoin. The timing is that Square finally cleared their regulatory hurdles to roll out this feature and they had a discussion about which symbol/word to use. They picked.
The community discussion is still going. No company is bigger than bitcoin. If sats are better, it will win out and Square will change or be the odd one out.
Jack wears a Satoshi shirt everywhere he goes. This wasn’t a play to erase him.
That said, there is all sorts of corporate and political garbage happening in Vegas and in general to shout about.
This isn’t it, in my view.
I have different opinion.
Bits replacing Sats is one.
BIP177 support is two.
Seedless wallet is three.
Too many things all at once.
My trust in his actions is shuttered and I simply see this as attack on bitcoin.
His t-shirt doesn't change my point of view.
I like bits
My mother in law is in town and my wife was full court pressing the orange pill on her.
My wife explained the concept of satoshis, and my MIL kept calling them "Shitoshis"
Maybe they know the boomers can't handle sats as common parlance 😂
lol my wife does the same, without me provoking her
Sats
Are
The
Standard
I call ₿s on the rebrand, will forever be called sats. Stack accordingly
Yes, Bitcoin wins...
They will always be sats to real ones. But if the term bits gains traction and global markets choose that nomenclature, so be it. Markets are a true democracy.
