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Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: What to call 0.001 BTC? (5 BTC Bounty)
by
mewantsbitcoins
on 14/05/2011, 21:15:57 UTC
I think creating names for 0.001, 0.00001, etc. is silly.
Just use two different units BTC and something like satoshi/bitcoinunits/bitcreds/credits representing 0.00000001 BTC.
The problem with milli/micro/nano is that when you get a bitcoin amount like 0.00245678, what random btc name do you use..?

Also it's a LOT easier to tell the size of something when it's larger because of commas and no leading zeros:
eg 34,400 BCU vs 0.00034400 BTC

That would be 2 millies, 456 mikes and 78 satoshis
or
245678 satoshis