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layout	entry	terms	summary
moneropedia	Denominations	denominations subunits tacoshi piconero nanonero micronero millinero centinero decinero decanero hectonero kilonero meganero giganero	A denomination is a proper description of a currency amount. It is oftentimes a sub-unit of the currency. For example, traditionally a cent is 1/100th of a a particular unit of currency.)

The Basics

A denomination is a proper description of a currency amount, oftentimes a sub-unit of the currency (for example, traditionally a cent is 1/100th of a a unit of currency). Monero denomination names add SI prefixes after dropping the initial "mo" for ease of use. The smallest unit of Monero is 1 piconero (0.000000000001 XMR).

Denominations of Monero

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Name	Base 10	Amount
piconero	10^-12	0.000000000001
nanonero	10^-9	0.000000001
micronero	10^-6	0.000001
millinero	10^-3	0.001
centinero	10^-2	0.01
decinero	10^-1	0.1
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monero	10^0	1
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decanero	10^1	10
hectonero	10^2	100
kilonero	10^3	1,000
meganero	10^6	1,000,000
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In-depth Information

Support for input using SI prefixes was added to the Monero codebase on March 3, 2017 by Moneromooo. The smallest unit of monero (10^-12 XMR) was originally called a tacoshi in honor of user Tacotime, an early Monero contributor and was later renamed for ease of use and consistancy.

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