Bitcoin denominations

[Munareal]

BTC is most commonly expressed in one of three denominations:

Bitcoin – BTC – (1 full Bitcoin)
MilliBitcoin – mBTC – (1 thousandth of a BTC)
MicroBitcoin – uBTC – (1 millionth of a BTC)




Unit                                    Abbreviation               Decimal (BTC)
Algorithmic               -           Max      -             20,999,999.9769
megaBitcoin          -           MBTC           -             1,000,000
kiloBitcoin                  -           kBTC              -             1,000
Original Block Reward                               -             50
Current Block Reward                               -             25
decaBitcoin          -            daBTC            -             10
Bitcoin                  -            BTC            -             1
deciBitcoin                  -            dBTC            -             0.1
centiBitcoin               -           cBTC            -             0.01
milliBitcoin          -           mBTC            -             0.001
microBitcoin           -           uBTC            -             0.000001
Finney              -                                -             0.0000001
Satoshi              -                                -             0.00000001

[Thegals]

A good post about bitcoin. Usually only know bitcoin, mikrobitcoin and sathosi as a unit of calculation. Thanks for the information.

[moonking]

Wow, lots different denominations, I always get confused when I see these used on websites.  I'd rather just see the amount in bits or whole bitcoin.

[dragononcrypto]

Interesting stuff! I knew about mili, micro and satashi but not about all the others. Thanks for sharing +1. The future is covered 

[Jimmygym]

A very useful post for the bitcoin users and beginners. Most commonly,people only know about the bitcoin but this article also tells us about the importance of micro-bitcoins and mili-bitcoins.People always get confused when they read these terms on other websites.But here they are explained very well