[BenjiWiebe]

Then the unit that clients display and transfer will be nS (nano satoshis). Afaik, it's a very minor update to allow more decimal places.

[capableweb]

> Afaik, it's a very minor update to allow X

Said every software developer ever, shortly before realizing that an entire ecosystem has been built upon X and any change would have to ripple through what is now our global financial system.

[bustin]

I commented to respond to this and deleted it, since I realized I was making some wrong assumptions. If you saw it, please disregard it.

I'm still not convinced the change doesn't require a hardfork, which would involve switching chains, right? I feel like the possibility of hard forks being necessary hurts bitcoin as a "gold replacement"