<p><code>m</code> is the symbol for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix" rel="noreferrer">metric prefix</a> <code>milli</code> which indicates a unit to be one thousandth of its base unit.</p>

<p>A millibitcoin therefore is 0.001 BTC or 1/1000 BTC.</p>

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Murch
<p>mBTC stands for milliBTC. Just like millimeter or millivolt, milli indicates 1/1000th in the metric system.</p>

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Jannes
<p>mBTC is also know as millibitcoin and it also one thousandth of a BTC (1 mBTC = 0.001 BTC) and there is another unit μBTC also known as microbitcoin and it is also one millionth of a BTC.</p>

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I've edited this answer because it contained grammar errors that made it somewhat confusing. However, in my opinion this answer doesn't add new content, rather it repeats previous answers.
Murch
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Dipen Sajnani
<p>A millibitcoin  is 0.001 BTC. But an easier way to remember is one satoshi is one hundred millionth of a bit coin.</p>

<pre><code>Ten Satoshi                              = one Ith     I 
one hundred Satoshi                      = one Hish    H     
one thousand Satoshi                     = one Shi     S
ten thousand Satoshi                     = one Oth     O
one hundred thousand Satoshi             = one Tish    T
one million Satoshi                      = one Ash     A 
ten million Satoshi                      = one Sha     S    
</code></pre>

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Are these standard units?  What is the source for this?
Nate Eldredge
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<p>I have been trying to find out just what is an <code>mBTC</code> is. Everywhere I look I cannot find out what the value is compared to a Bitcoin.</p>

<p>I was hoping you could advise me of what the value is.</p>

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I'd have thought that we have that question already, but we actually don't have it yet! Nice find. ;) These are somewhat related: [What is a 'Satoshi'?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/114/5406), [Naming convention: MilliBit or Millibitcoins (mBTC), microbitcoin or Mikrobitcoins (μBTC)?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/16887/5406)
Murch
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What is a mBTC?
jock courtney
# What is a mBTC?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-24)

I have been trying to find out just what is an `mBTC` is. Everywhere I look I cannot find out what the value is compared to a Bitcoin.

I was hoping you could advise me of what the value is.

**Tags:** terminology, divisibility

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'd have thought that we have that question already, but we actually don't have it yet! Nice find. ;) These are somewhat related: [What is a 'Satoshi'?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/114/5406), [Naming convention: MilliBit or Millibitcoins (mBTC), microbitcoin or Mikrobitcoins (μBTC)?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/16887/5406)  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-24. Score: 16

`m` is the symbol for the [metric prefix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix) `milli` which indicates a unit to be one thousandth of its base unit.

A millibitcoin therefore is 0.001 BTC or 1/1000 BTC.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-05-24. Score: 5

mBTC stands for milliBTC. Just like millimeter or millivolt, milli indicates 1/1000th in the metric system.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-30. Score: -1

mBTC is also know as millibitcoin and it also one thousandth of a BTC (1 mBTC = 0.001 BTC) and there is another unit μBTC also known as microbitcoin and it is also one millionth of a BTC.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I've edited this answer because it contained grammar errors that made it somewhat confusing. However, in my opinion this answer doesn't add new content, rather it repeats previous answers.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-08-30. Score: -3

A millibitcoin is 0.001 BTC. But an easier way to remember is one satoshi is one hundred millionth of a bit coin.

```
Ten Satoshi                              = one Ith     I 
one hundred Satoshi                      = one Hish    H     
one thousand Satoshi                     = one Shi     S
ten thousand Satoshi                     = one Oth     O
one hundred thousand Satoshi             = one Tish    T
one million Satoshi                      = one Ash     A 
ten million Satoshi                      = one Sha     S    

```

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Are these standard units?  What is the source for this?  

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