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Move the decimal eight places to convert BTC to sats.
A satoshi is not a separate token. It is a smaller way to count bitcoin, just as cents are a smaller way to count dollars. Wallets may let you switch the display between BTC and sats without changing what the wallet controls.
The name honors Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The plural is usually written as “sats.” A person can receive and spend a fraction of one bitcoin; owning a whole coin is not required.
To convert BTC to sats, multiply the BTC amount by 100,000,000. To convert sats to BTC, divide the sat amount by 100,000,000. For example, 250,000 sats divided by 100,000,000 equals 0.0025 BTC.
This math is exact for the denomination. A fiat conversion is different because BTC/USD changes with market trades and can vary across venues. Read the Bitcoin price page before treating a dollar result as current.
Wallet balances, on-chain outputs, and miner fees are commonly shown in sats. Fee rates use satoshis per virtual byte, written sat/vB, because that makes small network costs easier to compare. The Bitcoin fee calculator multiplies transaction size by that fee rate.
The Lightning Network can track values smaller than one satoshi inside payment channels by using millisatoshis. One thousand millisatoshis equal one satoshi. When funds settle on the Bitcoin blockchain, the on-chain result uses whole satoshis.
Exactly 100,000,000 sats. That fixed relationship does not depend on Bitcoin’s dollar price.
No. Price measures bitcoin against another asset. BTC and sats are two denominations of bitcoin itself.
Lightning implementations can account in millisatoshis inside channels. On-chain Bitcoin outputs settle in whole sats.
BTC and sats name different-sized units of the same asset. The relationship is fixed, but display choices and decimal rounding can still confuse a reader.
One BTC equals 100,000,000 sats. Converting BTC to sats multiplies by that number; converting sats to BTC divides by it.
The denomination does not change with the dollar price. Only a fiat conversion needs a current market reference.
| BTC | Satoshis | Plain reading | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BTC | 100,000,000 sats | One bitcoin | Supply and large balances |
| 0.01 BTC | 1,000,000 sats | One million sats | Savings and payments |
| 0.001 BTC | 100,000 sats | One hundred thousand sats | Smaller amounts |
| 0.00000001 BTC | 1 sat | One satoshi | Smallest standard unit |