{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/EIPs/issues/29","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/EIPs/issues/29/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/EIPs/issues/29/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/EIPs/issues/29/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/29","id":118174385,"number":29,"title":"EIP 102 (Serenity): Rename \"gas\" to \"mana\"","user":{"login":"vbuterin","id":2230894,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2230894?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin","html_url":"https://github.com/vbuterin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbuterin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/EIPs/labels/EIP","name":"EIP","color":"bfd4f2"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":54,"created_at":"2015-11-21T06:30:37Z","updated_at":"2015-11-23T14:03:43Z","closed_at":null,"body":"To commemorate the increased environmental friendliness of proof of stake, starting from Serenity \"gas\" should be renamed to \"mana\".\r\n\r\n### Rationale\r\n\r\nAside from the above, \"mana\" is a better descriptor because:\r\n\r\n* Unlike \"gas\", \"mana\" is typically understood to be ephemeral and nontransferable, clarifying the relationship between ether and gas/mana that has so far been a source of great confusion.\r\n* Gas in the real world is non-renewable, gas in Ethereum is renewable. Mana is typically understood to be renewable, and so would be more accurate.\r\n\r\n### Implementation\r\n\r\n     for x in `find .`; sed -i s/gas/mana/g $x"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/EIPs/issues/comments/158940012","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/29#issuecomment-158940012","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/EIPs/issues/29","id":158940012,"user":{"login":"robertandrewsmith","id":4087253,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4087253?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith","html_url":"https://github.com/robertandrewsmith","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robertandrewsmith/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-23T14:03:43Z","updated_at":"2015-11-23T14:03:43Z","body":"I think we still have a tendency to describe ether as a crypto fuel, not a store of value. And although it could be both, stating that we're sending some object, \"gas\" which is ether confounds the problem. Ultimately, gas is an object collected as a fee. However, the transformative ability of state, and dynamic notion of code execution is the core functionality of the Ethereum protocol. So the term ought to be more accurately descriptive.\r\n\r\nFuel is a good word, because like \"refilling\", we can \"fuel\" or effectively \"refuel\" our contracts. I'm also fine more generically terming ether gas as \"power\". You can power your contract with ether. Therefore send ether power.\r\n\r\nAnyway this is pedagogy. Ether is gas. But gas is not ether. Gas is fuel and gas is power. Imagine branding \"Powered by Ethereum\", \"Fueled by Ethereum\", \"Ether: Power for Smart Contracts\", Ether: Fuel for Smart Contracts\".\r\n\r\nNow compare: \"Ether: Gas for Smart Contracts\"? \"Ether: Petrol for Smart Contracts\"? \"Ether: CO2 for Smart Contracts\" \"Ether: Biofuel for Smart Contracts\", \"Ether: Lux for Smart contracts\", \"Ether: Mana for Smart Contracts\"\r\n\r\n\"Fuel\" and \"Power\" is infinitely a better term.  "}}