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While units in Bitcoin follow the Standard Metric Notation system, this page lists the most commonly used units. These can be written/typed/expressed in any number of ways. From using some form of the prefix, to an abbreviation of both the prefix and adding bit/bitcoin.
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! Abbreviation
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! Pronunciation
 
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! style="background-color: #7fdfdf" | Decimal (BTC)
 
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! style="background-color: #7fdf7f" | [[Tonal Bitcoin|Tonal (TBC)]]
 
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! Tonal, as Hexadecimal
 
 
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|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>
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! Unit !! Abbreviation !! Decimal (BTC) !! Alternate names !! Info
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| 20,999,999.9769&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 7,750,54.00&nbsp;
 
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| 7,75f0,59e4.009&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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|
 
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| tambitcoin
 
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| 2,814,749.76710656
 
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| 1,0000,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 1,0000,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| MBTC
 
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| megabitcoin
 
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| 1,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 593,1079.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 5af3,107a.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| kBTC
 
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| kilobitcoin
 
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| 1,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 17,4876.8&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 17,4876.e8&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| hBTC
 
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| hectobitcoin
 
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| 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 2,540.4&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 2,540b.e4&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
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|colspan="2"| Initial block reward
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| Bitcoin || BTC || 1 || coin || One Bitcoin
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| 50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 1,2905.2&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 1,2a05.f2&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| ᵇTBC
 
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| bongbitcoin
 
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| 42.94967296
 
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| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
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|colspan="2"| Current block reward
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| millibitcoin || mBTC || 0.001 || millibit, millicoin, and millie || Thousandth of a Bitcoin
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| 25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 502.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 9502.f9&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| daBTC
 
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| decabitcoin
 
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| 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 39.9&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 3b9a.ca&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| ᵐTBC
 
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| millbitcoin
 
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| 2.68435456
 
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| 1000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 1000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| BTC
 
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| *bitcoin
 
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| 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 55.1&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 5f5.e1&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| ˢTBC
 
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| sanbitcoin
 
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| 0.16777216
 
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| 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| dBTC
 
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| decibitcoin
 
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| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 8.68&nbsp;
 
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| 98.968&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| ᵗTBC
 
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| tonbitcoin
 
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| 0.01048576
 
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| 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| cBTC
 
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| centibitcoin
 
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| 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| .424&nbsp;
 
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| f.424&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| mBTC
 
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| millibitcoin
 
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| 0.001&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 1.869&nbsp;
 
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| 1.86a&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| TBC
 
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| *bitcoin
 
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| 0.00065536
 
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| 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| TBCᵗ
 
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| bitcointon
 
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| 0.00004096
 
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| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| TBCˢ
 
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| bitcoinsan
 
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| 0.00000256
 
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| 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
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| μBTC
 
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| microbitcoin
 
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| 0.000001&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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| 0.0064
 
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| 0.0064
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| TBCᵐ
 
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| bitcoinmill
 
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| 0.00000016
 
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| 0.001&nbsp;
 
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| 0.001&nbsp;
 
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|- style="background-color:white"
 
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|Finney <ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2ewp3z/i_propose_we_rename_00000001_btc_as_the_finney/ After Hal Finney, Bitcoin Pioneer]</ref>
 
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| Finnie
 
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| 0.0000001
 
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| n/a
 
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| n/a
 
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|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| TBCᵇ
 
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| bitcoinbong
 
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| 0.00000001
 
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| 0.0001
 
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| 0.0001
 
 
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| microbitcoin || μBTC || 0.000001 || bit || Millionth of a Bitcoin
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| "satoshi"
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| 0.00000001
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| satoshi || sat || 0.00000001 || ''none'' || 100 millionth of a Bitcoin, the smallest unit currently possible to represent, named after the inventor
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| 0.0001
 
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| 0.0001
 
 
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<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>
 
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==See Also==
 
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* [[MilliBit]]
 
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==References==
 
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[[de:Einheiten]]
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Alternate systems for representing Bitcoin units exist, such as [[Tonal Bitcoin|Tonal Bitcoin (TBC)]].

Revision as of 04:24, 1 March 2015

While units in Bitcoin follow the Standard Metric Notation system, this page lists the most commonly used units. These can be written/typed/expressed in any number of ways. From using some form of the prefix, to an abbreviation of both the prefix and adding bit/bitcoin.

Unit Abbreviation Decimal (BTC) Alternate names Info
Bitcoin BTC 1 coin One Bitcoin
millibitcoin mBTC 0.001 millibit, millicoin, and millie Thousandth of a Bitcoin
microbitcoin μBTC 0.000001 bit Millionth of a Bitcoin
satoshi sat 0.00000001 none 100 millionth of a Bitcoin, the smallest unit currently possible to represent, named after the inventor

Alternate systems for representing Bitcoin units exist, such as Tonal Bitcoin (TBC).

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