NANY 2018 Release: Ethereum Denomination Converter (EDC)

[Deozaan]

NANY 2018 Entry Information

Application Name	Ethereum Denomination Converter
Version	v0.2017.12.21
Short Description	Quickly convert between Ether, Finney, Shannon, Wei, etc., using this tool.
Supported OSes	Windows
Web Page	You're looking at it
Download Link	https://keybase.pub/deozaan/DonationCoder/NANY2018/
System Requirements	.NET 4.6.2
Version History	v0.2017.12.21 Fixed displayed results when entering too many digits after the decimal place. EDC.exe MD5: 94e9a56bb50dda0ec08d6a88800769e6 0/18 scanners reported malware at Jotti Signed Verification Copy and paste the following at https://keybase.io/verify to verify the authenticity of the checksum. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 v0.2017.12.21 - - Fixed displayed results when entering too many digits after the decimal place. * EDC.exe MD5: 94e9a56bb50dda0ec08d6a88800769e6 * https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/filescanjob/wqwuy811at -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Keybase OpenPGP v2.0.76 Comment: https://keybase.io/crypto wsFcBAABCgAGBQJaPK/QAAoJEPP8TNlAue1eSEEP/i8N1psOufpmY9zpFd5ycjoR WJ17P3s5xgHw2IQH7GTWlqxSSd55WS3pPduKZXu8xQocFc/5iwiCubNNYWQi/40f agL5JIReV8dp5cSF9dfMi1prVqefIptKKUCqB6tsx+lDodBzOYr4JN6roRgNCRz0 pWjFH/l4c8WXMGOKltpYba6Rt/Nle2QRe/WxczbutNLxr9/8hfb9ViWyPRuRUKwd rAApOuFrhqz5UPINz1fwlanE0ysuEaVAwNubg0evdwfE6iHXmQhuNAjUVgPzWL7j Zt0lUw9XjSXNpUX7087TkiYHFRdhNplecoxagVeg1tNbVTlaQ/SFcQXq++iznDv8 J0M6K2/KjsfXk31G4NnGwZux2DQbZif6pY9lkigtRWibzC2GZUEdIuedgWHTddVJ y+xgXbrJcEi+JcWoA8jXc8AUBCqJQpMN9WOWCyijr0oIqJa/gCHFBweuMJCoMXrv IHd5PxN7adOgkQoPPC51CESmxH8dbSckwyO2x6ao96nwjBGGg0ZvrcFsXA4ul4n8 njtv10ySqm5Pp4sRMb3OR9bWJzWeDe6db/f1YAkVIN+ID+4/8hoWJEdbOWmzQes1 YXhytjOgnikz/wo+fT0wOF6QpCZhkvKLgTkqjQLi7z5qp8iHSZLJgSx/DL8/1f0M 4R98d4UCJjdsubPyM27H =zfEk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- v0.2017.09.24 Initial release. EDC.exe MD5: 77724ed0a7064114a05b53d3dcb0e795 0/18 scanners reported malware at Jotti Signed Verification Copy and paste the following at https://keybase.io/verify to verify the authenticity of the checksum. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 v0.2017.09.24 - - Initial release. * EDC.exe MD5: 77724ed0a7064114a05b53d3dcb0e795 * https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/filescanjob/oxuzpn6gcm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Keybase OpenPGP v2.0.73 Comment: https://keybase.io/crypto wsFcBAABCgAGBQJZyBs5AAoJEPP8TNlAue1eqYYQAL2wULT9JuWFnl0WBK2Zm+Is CQbkMdl7aeYklHvIJcJlcW/GzxiCrD//3HO+0KylVAtl/Z9TGh+AlTsO5eKX8wuX eXrF7g7n0Iz883YeEA/FoHMU7901pIevkYA2dI6Zs+PqrJafxh7x5H2gH8eWXP1E GXphilm+unkDgvdoYfapyXtZKKHYOKNVr6SOhOCUfTrZqnJz9IkjL9w8CH2y0n0y nrJtkW3xFZ5+2En4N7j+oTUZYnXaeKdcVqHCb6ZL3c5n/RK8sBJ1UFmW1/wzVdo9 VXQ0SojmafHm29ljuqOU3k+pnZkf3GSv3awrnnQSI8p3f84D7YRsFmUmmrEfekVt jUkvCXTKBpWjpax2PEmpxeXJtxcsPD73YXI+oIwmt0t9NJWlXLeIpj51lPBhMWKZ ArVZ+L7uq+3Abv0TMylmx+YqIqqOMuzRt5H5e8rWHR+qz7a260jrr7bSKNoKYeNV 9z5ydKb5UzVR0nsbd2Bsig14T6j6I1jR9wEph1QOQD7zJROuSdZRBf6seFdZxewR iL2czQYVIcYz0oi99sVtfb6esA0L2V7yCGmeanfvu5KkQzGTVA1INn8936uj2rKv +TPoWVfYBtb629Wwp5Vs3M84ijLKi/ghDLodJA+Y0WfjAPTwizE5uSrJ08pdZVYI vy/Mxmu8/5AnnNmBg7yv =Ayhq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Author	Deozaan

Description
The "base" unit of measurement in Ethereum is called Ether, which can be broken down to the eighteenth decimal place into single units called Wei. While it is useful for machines and programs to be able to deal with such small amounts, it can be difficult for the human mind to deal with such significant differences in terms of numbers. For example, if you were to think of these values in terms of US Dollars, then a Wei is to a penny what an Ether is to 1 Quintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000) dollars. Not only that, but these denominations have been named in honor of people whose research and ideas cryptocurrency is built upon, so the names for the denominations are relatively obscure and unintuitive to the average person.

For example: I need to send 300 Finney to someone. The gas cost for the transaction is 2 Shannon (Gwei) (per unit of gas). It will cost 21,000 units of gas. But what does this all mean in terms of Ether?

Additionally, while we like to talk and deal with units such as Ether or Finney since they're closer in value to other currencies we're used to transacting in, Ethereum itself handles all the numbers internally in terms of Wei (as an integer). So if you start to get involved with programming smart contracts for Ethereum, you often need to enter values in Wei.

So I made this app that allows you to type in a value in any of the various Ethereum denominations and it will display the equivalent value in the other denominations.

If you use Ethereum and you find this tool useful, donations of ETH or ERC20 (or similar) Tokens are greatly appreciated: 0xDC201825Cc536b9541734eb975Cd6333840C736d

Features
Quickly see equivalent values in various Ethereum denominations.

Planned Features
No future features planned, since they don't seem needed.

Screenshots


Usage
Installation
No installation needed. Just run the executable.

Using the Application
Type in an amount in the appropriate denomination as desired.
Copy & paste to/from other fields if needed.

Uninstallation
No uninstallation needed. Just delete the executable.

Known Issues
None.

[Ath]

Well, as you haven't posted the idea (yet), you won't have much competition/alternatives solved

[Deozaan]

I updated the first post with more information and a download link.

[Contro]

Downloading

[Deozaan]

Updated to fix the only known bug. Here's a short description of what the bug was, for the record:

Ethereum's currency is divisible to only 18 decimal places. EDC doesn't really validate or sanitize input. This meant that if you entered too many decimal places in one denomination in EDC, it would show an incorrect or invalid value in the other fields. Now EDC will make sure that what it displays as the converted value in other fields is valid, but it still does not modify the field which has focus. Meaning you can still enter invalid (e.g., "1.5" Wei) or nonsensical (e.g., "1.5.hello world!" Ether) data.

v0.2017.12.21
- Fixed displayed results when entering too many digits after the decimal place.
* EDC.exe MD5: 94e9a56bb50dda0ec08d6a88800769e6
* https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/filescanjob/wqwuy811at

Download at https://keybase.pub/deozaan/DonationCoder/NANY2018/