SATOSHI：THE SMALLEST UNIT OF BITCOIN

Bitcoin was invented in 2008 by an unidentified person or group under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, who also released the white paper.

Like many crypto terms, Satoshi was an outcome of a community discussion.

Satoshi, the Smallest Btc fraction, is a million part of 1 BTC, and it is estimated to be $0.0003912538- at $39,125 per BTC.


ORIGIN OF SATOSHI

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The name Satoshi was first known in 2008 when Bitcoin was invented by the anonymous person or group under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto to address the issue of double-spending seen in other cryptocurrency ideas. The anonymous character decides to remain unknown for unclear reasons, and this has led to finger-pointing or suspicion. Dorian Nakamoto, an engineer in California, was widely thought to be the one, and the name was a strong point, but that soon passed. Hal Finney, Craig Wright, and a few others have been suspected or claimed they were satoshi, and we're proven otherwise. But the real person or group behind remains truly unknown.


What is a Satoshi, and How much is it worth?

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The name Satoshi was derived from the name of the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. Like other Currencies, Satoshi is a denomination and the smallest unit of Bitcoin. In 2010, a BitcoinTalk user named Ribuck proposed what he referred to as ‘the smallest fraction of Bitcoin.’- that is 1/100 of a Bitcoin (0.01 BTC) be called a Satoshi. But it was eventually debated to be 1/100 000 000 of BTC.

So the term Satoshi is preferred to Bitcoin whenever we have transactions in very small amounts. With Satoshi, users can avoid having to comprehend long strings of zeros where very small units of Bitcoin are required for transactions. Satoshi facilitates micro-transactions. For instance, at the time of this writing, if you need to purchase a shoe worth $10 with Bitcoin, it is easier to say it is 25,635 SAT instead of 0.00025635 BTC.


The Satoshi Trend

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Although the lexicon came into the blockchain industry in 2011, it was unused until recently. It was not important to represent BTC in Satoshi because BTC was buying and selling at a reasonably low price, and it practically sounds like a buzz word in the community. But now that Bitcoin is now worth tens of thousands of USD, even a $1000 falls conveniently within the fractions.-0.02375BTC. This also means that as BTC gains more value, the use of Satoshi will be more prominent for local transactions.

The introduction of scaling solutions like the Lighting network has also fast-tracked the relevance of Satoshi in the crypto space. The lightning network was launched by the lighting lab. It is a second-layer technology that facilitates off-chain transactions to enable scalability on the Bitcoin network. That is, cheaper and faster. With this solution, it becomes possible for users to transact even fractions of Satoshi- Millisatoshi where a millisatoshi is a 1000th of a Satoshi.



Author: Gate.io Observer: M. Olatunji
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