<p>No, you can transfer fractions of bitcoins easily. From the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Myths" rel="noreferrer">Myths</a> section of the Wiki:</p>
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<p>One Bitcoin is divisible down to eight decimal places. There are really 2,099,999,997,690,000 (just over 2 quadrillion) maximum possible atomic units in the bitcoin system.</p>
<p>The value of &quot;1 BTC&quot; represents 100,000,000 of these. In other words, each bitcoin is divisible by up to 10<sup>8</sup>.</p>
<p>As the value of the unit of 1 BTC grew too large to be useful for day to day transactions, people started dealing in smaller units, such as milli-bitcoins (mBTC) or micro-bitcoins (μBTC).</p>
</blockquote>

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Merc
<p>You can purchase any amount of Bitcoin, from $10 USD worth, to $100 USD worth, to a full Bitcoin. It is divisible up to eight decimal places, and you can purchase/send/receive any amount or fraction of a full coin. </p>

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2017-11-29T21:04:49.540Z
This is technically wrong, the minimum amount is 1/100000000 Bitcoin.
fdierre
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kysar
<p>I've noticed that certain products online do not require a full bitcoin to purchase. My question is do you need to start with one full bitcoin in order to make a purchase of such items? </p>

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Related: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/21204/is-it-possible-to-pay-part-of-a-bitcoin-to-someone
Murch
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You are free to pick whichever answer you deem best, but I do think my answer is a little more comprehensive than the accepted one!
Merc
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Is it possible to buy half of a full bitcoin?
Jerry All
# Is it possible to buy half of a full bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-14)

I've noticed that certain products online do not require a full bitcoin to purchase. My question is do you need to start with one full bitcoin in order to make a purchase of such items?

**Tags:** buy-bitcoins, divisibility

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/21204/is-it-possible-to-pay-part-of-a-bitcoin-to-someone  
> **username_2**: You are free to pick whichever answer you deem best, but I do think my answer is a little more comprehensive than the accepted one!  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-06-15. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

You can purchase any amount of Bitcoin, from $10 USD worth, to $100 USD worth, to a full Bitcoin. It is divisible up to eight decimal places, and you can purchase/send/receive any amount or fraction of a full coin.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: This is technically wrong, the minimum amount is 1/100000000 Bitcoin.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-06-14. Score: 9

No, you can transfer fractions of bitcoins easily. From the [Myths](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Myths) section of the Wiki:

> One Bitcoin is divisible down to eight decimal places. There are really 2,099,999,997,690,000 (just over 2 quadrillion) maximum possible atomic units in the bitcoin system.
>
> The value of "1 BTC" represents 100,000,000 of these. In other words, each bitcoin is divisible by up to 108.
>
> As the value of the unit of 1 BTC grew too large to be useful for day to day transactions, people started dealing in smaller units, such as milli-bitcoins (mBTC) or micro-bitcoins (μBTC).


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