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Satoshi
The smallest unit of Bitcoin — 1 BTC = 100,000,000 satoshis (sats). Named after Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator. Also used as a general name for the creator. Discussions of 'sat/vB' (satoshis per virtual byte) refer to Bitcoin transaction fee rates.
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