Units of Bitcoins
You may be interested to know that there are accepted sub-units and super-units of bitcoins.
Sub-units of Bitcoin
- mBTC represents one-thousandth of a bitcoin (0.001) and is called a milli-bitcoin or millie/millibit for short
- μBTC represents one-millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001) and is a micro-bitcoin, also known as a bit
- sat represents one-hundered-millionth of a bitcoin (0.00000001) and is known as a satoshi after the bitcoin’s creator.
Super-units of Bitcoin
- kBTC is one thousand bitcoins and is known as a kilo-bitcoin
- MBTC is one million bitcoins and is known as a mega-bitcoin