Satoshi (unit)
From Satoshipedia, the Satoshi Mail encyclopedia
A satoshi is the smallest unit of bitcoin: one hundred-millionth (0.00000001) of a coin.[1]
Satoshi explained the eight decimal places in 2010: “It shows 1.00 but internally it's 1.00000000.” (the post).
See also
References
- Bitcoin, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 20 October 2026.
Primary sources
The messages and commits this article draws on, in Satoshi Mail and where they were first published.
- How divisible are bitcoins and other market/economic questions, BitcoinTalk forum, 6 February 2010. Original source
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