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The name chosen by popular vote in poll on the Bitcoin forum to represent the SI unit of 0.001 bitcoins (BTCs). | The name chosen by popular vote in poll on the Bitcoin forum to represent the SI unit of 0.001 bitcoins (BTCs). | ||
The poll was announced on May 14, 2011 to come to an agreement of a more commonly used name<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8282.0 What to call 0.001 BTC?]</ref>. With the market exchange rate nearing $10 USD per BTC, a name for the sub-bitcoin unit was needed. | |||
A milli is the International System of Units (SI) prefix representing one thousandth (1/1000th)<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#List_of_SI_prefixes SI prefix]</ref>. | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
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* 1.375 BTC may be referred to as one bitcoin and three hundred seventy-five (375) milliBits. | * 1.375 BTC may be referred to as one bitcoin and three hundred seventy-five (375) milliBits. | ||
The poll was | ==Criticism== | ||
A milliBit does not follow the SI standard verbatim, so at best this is an ad-hoc naming convention. | |||
The poll was concluded without participation by a majority of the Bitcoin community nor even was there a statistically significant sample of votes from the community. The adoption of milliBit to refer to the SI mBTC or millibitcoin is seen by some to be a mistake. | |||
==Popular Alternates== | |||
In addition to the proper SI prefix, another reference to the 0.001 BTC measure is the "Millie". One milliBit equals one Millie. | |||
Similarly, the reference to the 0.0000001 BTC measure (i.e., microbitcoin using the SI prefix) is the "Mikey". One microbitcoin equals one Mikey. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 22:03, 30 May 2011
The name chosen by popular vote in poll on the Bitcoin forum to represent the SI unit of 0.001 bitcoins (BTCs).
The poll was announced on May 14, 2011 to come to an agreement of a more commonly used name[1]. With the market exchange rate nearing $10 USD per BTC, a name for the sub-bitcoin unit was needed.
A milli is the International System of Units (SI) prefix representing one thousandth (1/1000th)[2].
Examples
- One thousand (1000) milliBits refers to 1 bitcoin or 1 BTC.
- Twenty seven milliBits refers to 0.027 bitcoins, or 0.027 BTC.
- 1.375 BTC may be referred to as one bitcoin and three hundred seventy-five (375) milliBits.
Criticism
A milliBit does not follow the SI standard verbatim, so at best this is an ad-hoc naming convention.
The poll was concluded without participation by a majority of the Bitcoin community nor even was there a statistically significant sample of votes from the community. The adoption of milliBit to refer to the SI mBTC or millibitcoin is seen by some to be a mistake.
Popular Alternates
In addition to the proper SI prefix, another reference to the 0.001 BTC measure is the "Millie". One milliBit equals one Millie.
Similarly, the reference to the 0.0000001 BTC measure (i.e., microbitcoin using the SI prefix) is the "Mikey". One microbitcoin equals one Mikey.