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graham.herbert
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8 Decimal Places

Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:12 am

I have heard It mentioned Bitcoin is Infinitely Divisible @ this time 8 decimal places what happens when It's 16?

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Re: 8 Decimal Places

Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:30 pm

Well. 8 decimal places are hard coded into the software. I doubt we will need more than that any time in the near forseeable future.

A move to 16 places would require a dangerous network hard fork. Short answer, 8 decimal places would have to be a serious problem to make it worth the risk of a hard fork.
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Re: 8 Decimal Places

Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:37 pm

Thanks that Is exactly what I thought...thanks for your helpful answer

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