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! Unit !! Abbreviation !! Decimal (BTC) !! Alternate names !! Info
 
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| bitcoin || BTC || 1 || coin || One bitcoin
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| bitcoin || BTC || 1 || coin || one bitcoin
 
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| millibitcoin || mBTC || 0.001 || millibit, millicoin, and millie || thousandth of a bitcoin
 
| millibitcoin || mBTC || 0.001 || millibit, millicoin, and millie || thousandth of a bitcoin

Revision as of 11:20, 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. Bitcoin as a unit of account is commonly written without capitalization.

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).