The smallest unit of Bitcoin: 1 BTC = 100,000,000 satoshis (or sats). Also the pseudonym of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The unit name honours the creator. Bitcoin-denominated commerce increasingly uses sats — “$5 is 6,800 sats at current price” — to make small amounts intelligible.
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The smallest unit of Bitcoin: 1 BTC = 100,000,000 satoshis (or sats). Also the pseudonym of Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The unit name honours the creator. Bitcoin-denominated commerce increasingly uses sats — "$5 is 6,800 sats at current price" — to make small amounts intelligible.
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