Satoshi vs Satoshi Nakamoto

Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.

Satoshi
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fundamentals

The smallest unit of Bitcoin, named after its creator Satoshi Nakamoto. One Bitcoin equals 100 million satoshis (sats), making Bitcoin divisible to eight decimal places and enabling transactions of any size.

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Satoshi Nakamoto
beginner
fundamentals

The pseudonymous person or group who created Bitcoin, authored the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008, and mined the first Bitcoin blocks before disappearing in 2011, leaving behind the world's first successful cryptocurrency and remaining one of technology's greatest unsolved mysteries.

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