The smallest unit of a bitcoin is 0.00000001 and It’s called a satoshi. What are the names of others ?

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The smallest unit of a bitcoin is 0.00000001 and It’s called a satoshi. What are the names of others ?

I made a post about how you can buy fractions of BTC and other cryptos. This lead me to learning about the smallest units of other cryptos and how some have names and some don't.

The smallest of all Ethereum units is known as the WEI, which comes to 0.000000000000000001 (or 10-18) Ether. The Wei, for example, is named after a cypher punk computer engineer who was one of the most important players behind the rise of cryptocurrencies. He is known for developing the Crypto++ cryptographic library, creating a bi money crypto currency system, and being among those who proposed the VMAC message authentication algorithm.

Tell us about the smallest unit of your favorite crypto and Ill edit them in.

  • BTC has "satoshi " = .00000001 BTC or 1e8
  • Eth has "wei" = 0.000000000000000001 ETH or 1e18
  • Monero has "piconero" = 0.000000000001 XMR or 1e12
  • Polka Dot has "planck" = 0.0000000001 DOT or 1e10 (a planck is the reference to the smallest physical distance)
  • Cardano has a "lovelace" = 0.000001 ADA or 1e6 ( Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician, one of the first computer programmers ever.)
  • Icon has a "gloop" = 0.0000000001 ICX or 1e10
  • IOTA has an "iota" = 0.000001 IOTA (when you buy it, its in Miota for thousands?)
  • Doge has a "shibetoshi" = 0.00000001 DOGE or 1e8
  • Nano has a "raw" = 0.000000000000000000000000000001 or 1e30
  • Algo has a "microalgo" = 0.000001 Algo or 1e6
  • Binance Coin has a "jager" = 0.00000001 BNB or 1e8
  • Decred has a "atom" = 0.00000001 DCR or 1e8
  • Ripple has a "drop" = 0.000001 XRP or 1e6
  • Stellar has a "stroop" = 0.00001 XLM or 1e5
  • Tron has a "sun" = 0.000001 TRX or 1e6
  • Comos has a "uAtom" or micro-atom = 0.000001 ATOM or 1e6
  • Tezos has a "mutez" = 0.000001 XTZ or 1e6

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