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{| border="1"
|- style="background-color:silver"
|-  
! Abbreviation
! Abbreviation
! Pronunciation
! Pronunciation
! style="background-color: #7fdfdf" | Decimal (BTC)
! Amount (BTC)
! style="background-color: #7fdf7f" | [[Tonal BitCoin|Tonal (TBC)]]
! Description
! Tonal, as Hexadecimal
|-
|-
|colspan="2"| Maximum BitCoins ever<ref>[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28sum%28210000*floor%285000000000%2F2^i%29%29%2C+i%3D0+to+32%29%2F10000000 Wolfram|Alpha]</ref>
| BTC
| 20,999,999.9769&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| bitcoin
| 7,750,54.00&nbsp;
| 1
| 7,75f0,59e4.009&nbsp;
| base unit
|- style="background-color:lime"
|  
| Tam-BitCoin
| 2,814,749.76710656
| 1,0000,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 1,0000,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| MBTC
| Mega-BitCoin
| 1,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 593,1079.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 5af3,107a.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| kBTC
| Kilo-BitCoin
| 1,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 17,4876.8&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 17,4876.e8&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| hBTC
| Hecto-BitCoin
| 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 2,540.4&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 2,540b.e4&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|-
|colspan="2"| Initial block reward
| 50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 1,2905.2&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 1,2a05.f2&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| ᵇTBC
| Bong-BitCoin
| 42.94967296
| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| daBTC
| Deca-BitCoin
| 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 39.9&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 3b9a.ca&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| ᵐTBC
| Mill-BitCoin
| 2.68435456
| 1000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 1000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| BTC
| *BitCoin
| 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 55.1&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 5f5.e1&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| ˢTBC
| San-Bitcoin
| 0.16777216
| 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| dBTC
| Deci-BitCoin
| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 8.68&nbsp;
| 98.968&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| ᵗTBC
| Ton-BitCoin
| 0.01048576
| 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| cBTC
| Centi-BitCoin
| 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| .424&nbsp;
| f.424&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| mBTC
| mBTC
| Milli-BitCoin
| [[MilliBit|millibitcoin]]
| 0.001&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 0.001
| 1.869&nbsp;
| nickname "Millie"
| 1.86a&nbsp;
|-
|- style="background-color:lime"
| TBC
| *BitCoin
| 0.00065536
| 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| TBCᵗ
| BitCoin-ton
| 0.00004096
| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| TBCˢ
| BitCoin-san
| 0.00000256
| 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:cyan"
| μBTC
| μBTC
| Micro-BitCoin
| microbitcoin
| 0.000001&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 0.000001
| 0.0064
| nickname "Mike"
| 0.0064
|- style="background-color:lime"
| TBCᵐ
| BitCoin-mill
| 0.00000016
| 0.001&nbsp;
| 0.001&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| TBCᵇ
| BitCoin-bong
| 0.00000001
| 0.0001
| 0.0001
|-
|-
|  
|  
| "Satoshi"
| "Satoshi"
| 0.00000001
| 0.00000001
| 0.0001
| the minimum Bitcoin base unit
| 0.0001
|}
|}
<small>* 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.</small>
==See Also==


* [[MilliBit]]
Maximum BitCoins ever<ref>[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28sum%28210000*floor%285000000000%2F2^i%29%29%2C+i%3D0+to+32%29%2F10000000 Wolfram|Alpha]</ref> are 20,999,999.9769.


==References==
==References==
<references />
<references />

Revision as of 23:35, 26 August 2012

Abbreviation Pronunciation Amount (BTC) Description
BTC bitcoin 1 base unit
mBTC millibitcoin 0.001 nickname "Millie"
μBTC microbitcoin 0.000001 nickname "Mike"
"Satoshi" 0.00000001 the minimum Bitcoin base unit

Maximum BitCoins ever[1] are 20,999,999.9769.

References

  1. ↑ Wolfram|Alpha
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