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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.
|- style="background-color:silver"
 
! Abbreviation
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Pronunciation
! style="background-color: #7fdfdf" | Decimal (BTC)
! style="background-color: #7fdf7f" | [[Tonal Bitcoin|Tonal (TBC)]]
! 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>
! 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"
|
| tambitcoin
| 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;
|-
|-
|colspan="2"| Initial block reward
| Bitcoin || BTC || 1 || coin || One Bitcoin
| 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
| bongbitcoin
| 42.94967296
| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 1,0000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|-
|colspan="2"| Current block reward
| millibitcoin || mBTC || 0.001 || millibit, millicoin, and millie || Thousandth of a Bitcoin
| 25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 502.&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 9502.f9&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
| millbitcoin
| 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
| sanbitcoin
| 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
| tonbitcoin
| 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
| bitcointon
| 0.00004096
| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| 0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:lime"
| TBCˢ
| bitcoinsan
| 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
| bitcoinmill
| 0.00000016
| 0.001&nbsp;
| 0.001&nbsp;
|- style="background-color:white"
|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>
| Finnie
| 0.0000001
| n/a
| n/a
|- style="background-color:lime"
| TBCᵇ
| bitcoinbong
| 0.00000001
| 0.0001
| 0.0001
|-
|-
|  
| microbitcoin || μBTC || 0.000001 || bit || Millionth of a Bitcoin
| "satoshi"
|-
| 0.00000001
| satoshi || sat || 0.00000001 || ''none'' || 100 millionth of a Bitcoin, the smallest unit currently possible to represent, named after the inventor
| 0.0001
| 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]]
==References==
<references />


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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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