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Main => Technical Support => Topic started by: kosh on March 13, 2015, 12:24:12 am

Title: Bitshares and Bitcoin?
Post by: kosh on March 13, 2015, 12:24:12 am

Hello,

Are bitshares (BTS) like Bitcoin in that they're subdivided into satoshi out to 8 decimal places? Or, are they divisible to even smaller amounts? I see 5 decimal places on the console for BTS but market assets seem to go on for something like 12 decimal places. Can someone explain?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Bitshares and Bitcoin?
Post by: sittingduck on March 13, 2015, 02:42:19 am

5 places.


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Title: Re: Bitshares and Bitcoin?
Post by: Markus on March 13, 2015, 03:38:52 am

Market assets have different precisions, from 2 to 8 places.

Check out http://bitsharesblocks.com/assets/market (http://bitsharesblocks.com/assets/market), click an Asset Symbol, then the tab Asset Info. Have a look at the precision property. It defines how many "asset-satoshis" make one asset unit - I assume.