Since Ripple is not XRP or vice versa, and we are already familiar with "drops" currently being the smallest possible unit of 'XRP'. If we make 'drops' the main unit, it finally we means we have a way to speak about XRP more 'fluidly' and the 'r' and 'p' in 'drops' fit nicely with the 'RP' in 'XRP'.
So ultimately it would mean 'X quantity of drops' rather than 'X quantity of Ripples' (or in fact, 'X-(units of the)-Ripple-Protocol' as may have been the original intention). "That'll be 13 drops, please."
We could then ask @Nikb or @JoelKatz to update the name in the core Rippled code etc?
Possible name for smaller units could be 'droplets' as it intuitively makes sense, being that droplets are smaller than drops. One could also use the verb 'to drip' when sending money via the XRP ledger, for example, "I'm going to drip through some funds now".
Since Ripple is not XRP or vice versa, and we are already familiar with "drops" currently being the smallest possible unit of 'XRP'. If we make 'drops' the main unit, it finally we means we have a way to speak about XRP more 'fluidly' and the 'r' and 'p' in 'drops' fit nicely with the 'RP' in 'XRP'.
So ultimately it would mean 'X quantity of drops' rather than 'X quantity of Ripples' (or in fact, 'X-(units of the)-Ripple-Protocol' as may have been the original intention). "That'll be 13 drops, please."
We could then ask @Nikb or @JoelKatz to update the name in the core Rippled code etc?
Possible name for smaller units could be 'droplets' as it intuitively makes sense, being that droplets are smaller than drops. One could also use the verb 'to drip' when sending money via the XRP ledger, for example, "I'm going to drip through some funds now".