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A '''bit''' is one millionth of a bitcoin. The term has mostly replaced '''microbit''',{{when}} but the latter is still used occasionally.
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Some people advocate the term '''bit''' to refer to one microbitcoin (a millionth of a bitcoin).
  
 
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Many people think this term is confusing. For example "bit" is also a portmanteau of "binary digit", a basic unit of information used in computing that can have only one of two values (either 0 or 1).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:52, 27 January 2018

See also: Units

Some people advocate the term bit to refer to one microbitcoin (a millionth of a bitcoin).

History

Criticism

Many people think this term is confusing. For example "bit" is also a portmanteau of "binary digit", a basic unit of information used in computing that can have only one of two values (either 0 or 1).[1]

References

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