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Most commonly, units of bitcoin are expressed in decimal exponents such as BTC ("bitcoins"), mBTC ("millibitcoins") and μBTC ("[[bit (unit)|micro-bitcoin]] or [[bit (unit)|bit]]  ").
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! Abbreviation
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==Decimal metric units==
! Pronunciation
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! style="background-color: #7fdfdf" | Decimal (BTC)
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The BTC unit was chosen to represent a value of 10<sup>8</sup> so as to give sub-unit precision rather than large whole numbers.
! style="background-color: #7fdf7f" | [[Tonal Bitcoin|Tonal (TBC)]]
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Mirroring the standard ''Le Système International d'Unités'', this allows for divisions of 1/10th (deci-bitcoins, dBTC), 1/100th (centi-bitcoins, cBTC), 1/1 000th (milli-bitcoins, mBTC), and 1/1 000 000 (micro-bitcoins, μBTC).
! Tonal, as Hexadecimal
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===Bits===
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Many have adopted the practice of referring to the micro-bitcoin metric sub-unit as "bits".
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==Table of all units==
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This table is intended to include all well-defined units of bitcoin value, including less common and niche units.
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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
| 20,999,999.9769&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| 7,750,54.00&nbsp;
 
| 7,75f0,59e4.009&nbsp;
 
|- style="background-color:lime"
 
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| 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
 
| megabitcoin
 
| 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
 
| kilobitcoin
 
| 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
 
| hectobitcoin
 
| 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| 2,540.4&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| 2,540b.e4&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
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|colspan="2"| Initial block reward
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| Algorithmic maximum || || 20,999,999.9769&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || || [http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28sum%28210000*floor%285000000000%2F2^i%29%29%2C+i%3D0+to+32%29%2F10000000 Calculation]
| 50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
| 1,2905.2&nbsp;&nbsp;
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| tam-bitcoin || || 2,814,749.76710656 || || 1,0000,0000 tonal
| 1,2a05.f2&nbsp;&nbsp;
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
|- style="background-color:lime"
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| mega-bitcoin || MBTC || 1,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || || Rare in context
| ᵇTBC
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
| Bong-Bitcoin
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| kilo-bitcoin || kBTC || 1,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || || Rare in context
| 42.94967296
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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| hecto-bitcoin || hBTC || 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || || Rare
| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
| daBTC
 
| decabitcoin
 
| 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
 
| decibitcoin
 
| 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
 
| centibitcoin
 
| 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| .424&nbsp;
 
| f.424&nbsp;
 
|- style="background-color:cyan"
 
| mBTC
 
| millibitcoin
 
| 0.001&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| 1.869&nbsp;
 
| 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
 
| microbitcoin
 
| 0.000001&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| 0.0064
 
| 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
 
 
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| Initial block subsidy || || 50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || || Until [[Halving day 2012|block 210000]]<ref>{{cite block|209999|year=2012|month=11|day=28|hash=00000000000000f3819164645360294b5dee7f2e846001ac9f41a70b7a9a3de1}}</ref>
| "Satoshi"
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
| 0.00000001
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| bong-bitcoin || ᵇTBC || 42.94967296 || || 1,0000 tonal
| 0.0001
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| 0.0001
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| Current block subsidy || || 6.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || block || As of halving day 2020, block 630000
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
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| deca-bitcoin || daBTC || 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || || Rare
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| mill-bitcoin || ᵐTBC || 2.68435456 || || 1000 tonal
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
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| bitcoin || BTC || 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || coin || SI base unit
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| san-bitcoin || ˢTBC || 0.16777216 || || 100 tonal
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
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| [[deci-bitcoin|deci-bitcoin]] || dBTC || 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || || Rare
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| ton-bitcoin || ᵗTBC || 0.01048576 || || 10 tonal
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
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| centi-bitcoin || cBTC || 0.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || bitcent || Formerly frequent<ref>Bitcents were frequent until the November 2013 bubble</ref>
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
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| [[millibit|milli-bitcoin]] || mBTC || 0.001&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || [[millibit]], millie || Occasional
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| bitcoin || TBC || 0.00065536 || || Tonal base unit
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| bitcoin-ton || TBCᵗ || 0.00004096 || || 0.1 tonal
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| bitcoin-san || TBCˢ || 0.00000256 || || 0.01 tonal
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|- style="background-color:#ddddff"
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| [[bit (unit)|micro-bitcoin]] || μBTC || 0.000001&nbsp;&nbsp; || [[bit (unit)|bit]] || Frequent
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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| bitcoin-mill || TBCᵐ || 0.00000016 || || 0.001 tonal
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| || || 0.0000001&nbsp; || 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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|- style="background-color:#ddffdd"
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| bitcoin-bong || TBCᵇ || 0.00000001 || || 0.0001 tonal
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| || sat || 0.00000001 || [[Satoshi (unit)|satoshi]] || Blockchain value
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| || msat || 0.00000000001 || millisatoshi<ref>[https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/master/README.md#receiving-and-receiving-payments Receiving and receiving payments]</ref> || [[Lightning Network|Payment channel value]]
 
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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>
 
  
==See Also==
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==See also==
 
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*[[Tonal Bitcoin]]
* [[MilliBit]]
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*[[Satoshi (unit)]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
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[[de:Einheiten]]

Latest revision as of 22:09, 4 May 2022

Most commonly, units of bitcoin are expressed in decimal exponents such as BTC ("bitcoins"), mBTC ("millibitcoins") and μBTC ("micro-bitcoin or bit ").

Decimal metric units

The BTC unit was chosen to represent a value of 108 so as to give sub-unit precision rather than large whole numbers. Mirroring the standard Le Système International d'Unités, this allows for divisions of 1/10th (deci-bitcoins, dBTC), 1/100th (centi-bitcoins, cBTC), 1/1 000th (milli-bitcoins, mBTC), and 1/1 000 000 (micro-bitcoins, μBTC).

Bits

Many have adopted the practice of referring to the micro-bitcoin metric sub-unit as "bits".

Table of all units

This table is intended to include all well-defined units of bitcoin value, including less common and niche units.

Unit Abbreviation Decimal (BTC) Alternate names Info
Algorithmic maximum 20,999,999.9769     Calculation
tam-bitcoin 2,814,749.76710656 1,0000,0000 tonal
mega-bitcoin MBTC 1,000,000          Rare in context
kilo-bitcoin kBTC 1,000          Rare in context
hecto-bitcoin hBTC 100          Rare
Initial block subsidy 50          Until block 210000[1]
bong-bitcoin ᵇTBC 42.94967296 1,0000 tonal
Current block subsidy 6.25        block As of halving day 2020, block 630000
deca-bitcoin daBTC 10          Rare
mill-bitcoin ᵐTBC 2.68435456 1000 tonal
bitcoin BTC 1          coin SI base unit
san-bitcoin ˢTBC 0.16777216 100 tonal
deci-bitcoin dBTC 0.1        Rare
ton-bitcoin ᵗTBC 0.01048576 10 tonal
centi-bitcoin cBTC 0.01       bitcent Formerly frequent[2]
milli-bitcoin mBTC 0.001      millibit, millie Occasional
bitcoin TBC 0.00065536 Tonal base unit
bitcoin-ton TBCᵗ 0.00004096 0.1 tonal
bitcoin-san TBCˢ 0.00000256 0.01 tonal
micro-bitcoin μBTC 0.000001   bit Frequent
bitcoin-mill TBCᵐ 0.00000016 0.001 tonal
0.0000001  finney[3]
bitcoin-bong TBCᵇ 0.00000001 0.0001 tonal
sat 0.00000001 satoshi Blockchain value
msat 0.00000000001 millisatoshi[4] Payment channel value

See also

References

  1. Block 209999. Main chain. 2012-11-28. Hash 00000000000000f3819164645360294b5dee7f2e846001ac9f41a70b7a9a3de1. Block explorer
  2. Bitcents were frequent until the November 2013 bubble
  3. After Hal Finney, Bitcoin Pioneer
  4. Receiving and receiving payments