Bitcoin, Unit of Account

An extension to replace every mention of a US$ amount by its equivalent in Bitcoin, using the most up-to-date exchange rate.

What is Bitcoin, Unit of Account?

Bitcoin, Unit of Account is a Chrome extension that replaces US$ amounts with their equivalent in Bitcoin. It allows you to experience a hypothetical future where Bitcoin is used as a unit of account. The extension retrieves the current Bitcoin price and converts all dollar amounts on enabled websites.

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By: fernando.bitti

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Users: 11

Version: 0.0.2 (Last updated: 2021-06-10)

Creation date: 2021-06-09

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 48.25K

Email: fe*****@gmail.com

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# 124326 ▼ 893

Other rankings

#442 in Just for Fun ▲ 2 #14 in bitcoin keyword 12 ▼ 6 #54 in account keyword 16 ▲ 2 #237 in replace keyword 20 ▼ 12

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Bitcoin, Unit of Account

A chrome extension to replace amounts of US$ by Bitcoin. When reading the news or shopping online you constantly see the price of things in US$ and mentions of US$ amounts spent by corporations and the government. This Chrome extension converts US$ -> bitcoin in some of the most popular online newspapers available in English, as well as Amazon and Wikipedia.

Why?

In the discussions about cryptocurrencies one of the most prominent topics is whether Bitcoin will ever become a unit of account, in other words, will currency amounts ever be expressed in BTC, not US$? I created this extension for fun, and to let you experience such hypothetical future where bitcoin is used as a unit of account. In no way it reflects a belief this future will happen so do not interpret it financial advice. If you ever had the curiosity to know how would it feel reading news and shopping online with bitcoin as a unit of account, this extension is for you.

How does it work?

When you turn on this extension, and browse an enabled website, at each webpage it will:

wait a few seconds, so most of the dollar amounts become available. This is especially important on online stores, as they typically make personalised recommendations for you by loading the products and prices on the fly, while you browse the website.
retrieve the current bitcoin price from https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice/USD.json ("powered by Coindesk")
run a script that reads all dollar amounts on the page and convert them to bitcoin.

User reviews

꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ ☎️ 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 ☎️+ 1 (208) 258 9190. ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ Bitcoin's price changes because of its supply, the market's demand, media and news, and regulatory changes. Some research suggests that the cost of producing a bitcoin also influences its prices, but most reports used assumed data rather than facts.

Milo Rai, 2024-04-25

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Mil Le, 2024-04-25

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