On Sat, 18 Jun 2022 at 22:32, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > ogram, just > b) NO, not a "lame excuse". Misunderstanding of what the ISO is/does. It sets STANDARDS. In other words, "for currency X use ABX" (or whatever). Dr. David, if there is no agreed standard for what the three letter currency code for "bitcoin" is, what should the developers use? Should they simply use ANY three characters not already in use for some currency that has an ISO currency code? There are > 17 thousand three character codes possible and only the order of a hundred or two in use. Obviously BTC In general I think standards are good - especially internationally agreed ones. But according to the ISO website https://www.iso.org/news/ref2466.html ISO 4217 is never going to cover cryptocurrencies. ISO are apparently looking at crypto. Personally I feel while ISO is thinking about it, open source software should just get on an implement the obvious ones. The most obvious is bitcoin, and that would be BTC. The top 25 by market cap would probably satisfy almost all users. Another solution, which would obviously be more work, is for a use to create a text file with information about other currencies. BTW, years ago I had a Nigerian scammer try to scam me. I decided to get my own back, and got him up quote for various items. He thought he was going to get about $25,000 out of me, but he actually ended up with a huge phone bill phoning a very expensive number I had. He reckoned one FAX cost him $50. Anyway, I was very keen to pay in Jersey Royals, not USD, but he wanted USD. Had he Googled Jersey Royals, he would have realised that they were a variety of potato and not a currency.😂😂😂😂 I had several months of fun winding him up😂😂 > Michael D Novack Dave . -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United Kingdom _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
