<p>Is it so hard to use the existing reference ₿ in the same way we use the basic units such as m (meter) or g (gram)?</p>
<p>We've always just added a multiplier like m (milli), μ (micro), n (nano) etc. to get smaller (or larger) versions of these base units. Everyone is already familiar with units like mm, mg, and (larger) km, kg and, bytes (for example) kB, MB, GB, ...</p>
<p>For bitcoin we just need ₿, m₿, μ₿, n₿ where 1 μ₿ is 1 'bit' or 100 sats, and 1 n₿ is 0.1 sats.</p>

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2024-12-10T07:09:35.137Z
agree with everything you changed.
harrym
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1) i dont remember why i removed the spaces between number and unit decades ago. Probably it was just more compact and didn't cause any confusion.
2) mu for micro is the correct way to write it; I just think that most people won't find that character in simple text messaging apps
3) my apologies for adding the line notifying the edit. I'm still not sure what I should have done :)
harrym
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2024-12-30T21:09:27.033Z
Hey Harry, when you edit a post, others can easily see that it was edited per the "edited" block at the bottom of the post. If you click that, you’ll be able to see the history of changes to the post. On this site, we just keep improving stuff to improve it, or keep it correct and up-to-date as needed.—The space between numerical value and symbol is a pet-peeve of mine, hope it doesn’t bug you that I added the spaces back. :)
Murch
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harrym
<p>No.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Satoshi is often abbreviated to sat or s, although no currency symbol
has been widely adopted.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_(unit)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_(unit)</a></p>

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yahiheb
<p>I can't find where I first saw this symbol used for sats, but I've seen it a few times now and it is kind of growing on me:</p>
<p><strong>§</strong></p>

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2020-11-08T20:42:41.213Z
That's called a section sign: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign. I wouldn't have a problem using it, but some would certainly complain, just like with the '฿' for Bitcoin itself, because it's the symbol for the baht (Thailand's currency).The symbol I'm referring to is .
jastako
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Stephen Gornick
<p>how about ₛ , , or ⓢ? &quot;ₛ&quot; is a subscript s. currently $1=0.00001004/1,004sat.
With suggested symbols it would be:</p>
<p>1,004ₛ</p>
<p>1,004</p>
<p>1,004ⓢ</p>
<p>personally, I like  or ⓢ. ⓢ would be a good fit considering the standard bitcoin symbol has always been ₿ in a circle.</p>

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jastako
<p>Has a symbol been widely adopted for satoshi yet? I've seen Ș suggested but it's already a letter in Romanian. Ꞩ, Ȿ &amp; ẜ (long s with stroke) all seem to be otherwise unused. Has anyone suggested using any of them?</p>

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2020-08-01T20:07:42.693Z
related: https://medium.com/coinranking/satoshi-deserves-its-own-symbol-43138fe1ddf9, https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_(unit), https://twitter.com/dickerson_des/status/1155560643635884032
Murch
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2020-08-11T18:51:19.833Z
Also related: https://twitter.com/murchandamus/status/1292966320732925952
Murch
<satoshi>
Is there a widely used symbol for satoshi yet?
jastako
# Is there a widely used symbol for satoshi yet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-01)

Has a symbol been widely adopted for satoshi yet? I've seen Ș suggested but it's already a letter in Romanian. Ꞩ, Ȿ & ẜ (long s with stroke) all seem to be otherwise unused. Has anyone suggested using any of them?

**Tags:** satoshi

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: related: https://medium.com/coinranking/satoshi-deserves-its-own-symbol-43138fe1ddf9, https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_(unit), https://twitter.com/dickerson_des/status/1155560643635884032  
> **username_1**: Also related: https://twitter.com/murchandamus/status/1292966320732925952  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-12-07. Score: 2

Is it so hard to use the existing reference ₿ in the same way we use the basic units such as m (meter) or g (gram)?

We've always just added a multiplier like m (milli), μ (micro), n (nano) etc. to get smaller (or larger) versions of these base units. Everyone is already familiar with units like mm, mg, and (larger) km, kg and, bytes (for example) kB, MB, GB, ...

For bitcoin we just need ₿, m₿, μ₿, n₿ where 1 μ₿ is 1 'bit' or 100 sats, and 1 n₿ is 0.1 sats.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: agree with everything you changed.  
> **username_2**: 1) i dont remember why i removed the spaces between number and unit decades ago. Probably it was just more compact and didn't cause any confusion. 2) mu for micro is the correct way to write it; I just think that most people won't find that character in simple text messaging apps 3) my apologies for adding the line notifying the edit. I'm still not sure what I should have done :)  
> **username_1**: Hey Harry, when you edit a post, others can easily see that it was edited per the "edited" block at the bottom of the post. If you click that, you’ll be able to see the history of changes to the post. On this site, we just keep improving stuff to improve it, or keep it correct and up-to-date as needed.—The space between numerical value and symbol is a pet-peeve of mine, hope it doesn’t bug you that I added the spaces back. :)  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-08-04. Score: 1

No.

> Satoshi is often abbreviated to sat or s, although no currency symbol
> has been widely adopted.

<https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_(unit)>


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-11-08. Score: 1

I can't find where I first saw this symbol used for sats, but I've seen it a few times now and it is kind of growing on me:

**§**

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That's called a section sign: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign. I wouldn't have a problem using it, but some would certainly complain, just like with the '฿' for Bitcoin itself, because it's the symbol for the baht (Thailand's currency).The symbol I'm referring to is .  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2024-12-07. Score: 0

how about ₛ , , or ⓢ? "ₛ" is a subscript s. currently $1=0.00001004/1,004sat.
With suggested symbols it would be:

1,004ₛ

1,004

1,004ⓢ

personally, I like or ⓢ. ⓢ would be a good fit considering the standard bitcoin symbol has always been ₿ in a circle.


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