Questions tagged [divisibility]

Questions concerned with the number of subunits of a bitcoin, and the rules governing divisibility.

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Can bitcoins be split up into greater than a billion parts?

I understand that, at time of writing, splitting a bitcoin into more than 10⁸ parts is not useful. However, say that in the far future enough bitcoins have been destroyed (through deleted wallets due to negligence or whatever else) that a billionth…
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Upper and lower bounds of the amount of bitcoins?

As far as I understand, the bitcoin has an upper limit of 21 Million possible coins. Thus, the price of 1 coin, can in theory climb and climb. However, on the other hand, it seems like the system can handle 10^(-8) of a bitcoin. Is this observation…
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Is it possible to pay part of a Bitcoin to someone?

Bitcoins are over $800, I need to pay someone about $200. Is it possible to pay someone with a partial bitcoin?
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Possibility of fractions less than 1 satoshi in transaction fees

I know that I can't send even 1 satoshi due to dust transaction prevention, but the question is - might the transaction fee be not e.g. 160 satoshis, but 160.1 satoshis?
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If Bitcoin hits $100,000 how much is 0.01 Bitcoin worth in $?

Just trying to figure out and calculate how much 0.01 Bitcoin would cost in $ if 1 Bitcoin hits $100,000.
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