<p><code>k</code> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-" rel="nofollow">kilo</a> and refers to 1,000. <code>500k</code> are 500,000. This can have a lot of use cases, sometimes one wants to sell 500k Bitcoin (unlikely) and sometimes users refer to exchange rates in Satoshi: 500k Satoshi basicly mean you can buy something at the rate of 0.005 Bitcoin (<code>0.00500000</code>).</p>

<p><code>2Bytes</code> are two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte" rel="nofollow">units of digital information</a>. It tells you how much space is required to store two characters like <code>OK</code> on a disk or in memory. 2 Bytes can be broken down into 16 Bit of plain binary information. I'm not sure in which context this could be related to anything Bitcoin-specific. Maybe you add an example reference.</p>

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kB is also often (wrongly) shortened to just K (and thereby wrongly capitalized). Without context it's impossible to know what the OP is asking about.
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<p>Many times I see something like this <code>500K</code> or <code>2Bytes</code>.
What are those in bitcoin and how can I calculate them.</p>

<p>Sorry for this noob question ;)</p>

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2016-03-29T08:24:17.150Z
Context needed.
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What is 500K in Bitcoin?
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# What is 500K in Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-29)

Many times I see something like this `500K` or `2Bytes`.
What are those in bitcoin and how can I calculate them.

Sorry for this noob question ;)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Context needed.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-03-29. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

`k` is [kilo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-) and refers to 1,000. `500k` are 500,000. This can have a lot of use cases, sometimes one wants to sell 500k Bitcoin (unlikely) and sometimes users refer to exchange rates in Satoshi: 500k Satoshi basicly mean you can buy something at the rate of 0.005 Bitcoin (`0.00500000`).

`2Bytes` are two [units of digital information](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte). It tells you how much space is required to store two characters like `OK` on a disk or in memory. 2 Bytes can be broken down into 16 Bit of plain binary information. I'm not sure in which context this could be related to anything Bitcoin-specific. Maybe you add an example reference.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: kB is also often (wrongly) shortened to just K (and thereby wrongly capitalized). Without context it's impossible to know what the OP is asking about.  

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