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And it draws into question whether bitcoins can be a useful currency. Can you trade fractional bitcoins? I'm ignorant on the subject, but if not, well carrying around $500 bills is pretty limiting.



yes, you can trade or buy the tiniest amount (fraction) of bitcoin.

-0.01 BTC = 1 cBTC = 1 centibitcoin (also referred to as bitcent)

-0.001 BTC = 1 mBTC = 1 millibitcoin (also referred to as mbit (pronounced em-bit) or millibit or even bit mill)

-0.000 001 BTC = 1 μBTC = 1 microbitcoin (also referred to as ubit (pronounced yu-bit) or microbit)

-0.000 000 01 BTC = 1 satoshi (pronounced sa-toh-shee)




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