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==Bitcoin sub-units==
{| border="1"
|-
! Bitcoins
! Description
! Abbreviation
|-
| 1.00 || One bitcoin || BTC
|-
| 0.01 || One bitcent ||
|-
| 0.001 || One millibitcoin (nickname "Millie") || mBTC
|-
| 0.000001 || One microbitcoin (nickname "Mike") || μBTC or uBTC
|-
| 0.00000001 || One satoshi (the minimum Bitcoin base unit)
|}
This terminology is unofficial, but the terms "bitcent" and "satoshi" seem to have been accepted into common usage.
==Tonal sub-units==
Tonal sub-units are a hexadecimal system and are not widely used.
{| border="1" style="text-align:right;font-family:Console, Luxi Mono, fixed"
{| border="1" style="text-align:right;font-family:Console, Luxi Mono, fixed"
|- style="background-color:silver"
|- style="background-color:silver"
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| TBCᵇ
| TBCᵇ
| BitCoin-bong
| BitCoin-bong
| 0.00000001
| 0.0001
| 0.0001
|-
|
| "Satoshi"
| 0.00000001
| 0.00000001
| 0.0001
| 0.0001

Revision as of 20:13, 5 May 2011

Abbreviation Pronunciation Decimal (BTC) Tonal (TBC) Tonal, as Hexadecimal
Maximum BitCoins ever[1] 20,999,999.9769     7,750,54.00  7,75f0,59e4.009 
Tam-BitCoin 2,814,749.76710656 1,0000,0000      1,0000,0000     
MBTC Mega-BitCoin 1,000,000          593,1079.4    5af3,107a.4   
kBTC Kilo-BitCoin 1,000          17,4876.8   17,4876.e8  
hBTC Hecto-BitCoin 100          2,540.4   2,540b.e4  
Initial block reward 50          1,2905.2   1,2a05.f2  
ᵇTBC Bong-BitCoin 42.94967296 1,0000      1,0000     
daBTC Deca-BitCoin 10          39.9   3b9a.ca  
ᵐTBC Mill-BitCoin 2.68435456 1000      1000     
BTC *BitCoin 1          55.1   5f5.e1  
ˢTBC San-Bitcoin 0.16777216 100      100     
dBTC Deci-BitCoin 0.1        8.68  98.968 
ᵗTBC Ton-BitCoin 0.01048576 10      10     
cBTC Centi-BitCoin 0.01       .424  f.424 
mBTC Milli-BitCoin 0.001      1.869  1.86a 
TBC *BitCoin 0.00065536 1      1     
TBCᵗ BitCoin-ton 0.00004096 0.1    0.1   
TBCˢ BitCoin-san 0.00000256 0.01   0.01  
μBTC Micro-BitCoin 0.000001   0.0064 0.0064
TBCᵐ BitCoin-mill 0.00000016 0.001  0.001 
TBCᵇ BitCoin-bong 0.00000001 0.0001 0.0001
"Satoshi" 0.00000001 0.0001 0.0001

* Tonal BitCoin and Decimal BitCoin can be differentiated by the pronunciation of the numbers. "One bitcoin", "two bitcoin", etc is decimal, but "an bitcoin", "de bitcoin" is tonal.

  1. ↑ Wolfram|Alpha
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