Supporters of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 177 have cited a 2010 post by Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto, who suggested that Bitcoin's display format could be altered to avoid small decimals.

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In a 6 February 2010 Bitcointalk post, Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: 'If it gets tiresome working with small numbers, we could change where the display shows the decimal point. Same amount of money, just different convention.'

In a February 2010 post, Nakamoto appeared open to modifying how Bitcoin units are displayed, stating, 'If it gets tiresome working with small numbers, we could change where the display shows the decimal point. Same amount of money, just different convention.'