Fractional Bitcoin question from newby

[AVE5]

bitcoin is btc.
satoshi is sat.

bitcoin and satoshi or btc and sat are only different writing ways for mentioning about same units of bitcoin.

Whatever form it mayy pronounced or identified, it's still all directed to acknowledge the figure of bitcoin. Satoshi of course is just decimal figure that denotes fractios of bitcoin and figuratively, Satoshi's (sats) is an element (particles) that makes up bitcoin (Btc). So We can just say Sats are small units that expresses about the measures of Btc.

[Ishicryptic]

Bitcoin is represented as a digital ledger. It does not "split" like you are thinking. It is divisible. One Bitcoin can be divided into 100 million smaller pieces called satoshis. Therefore, if I had 1BTC and sent someone half of it, I am sending them 50 million satoshis. Ultimately, it is still just digits on a digital ledger. There is nothing physical about it, so there is neither "splitting" nor "joining".

If Bitcoin didn't have fractions or sats I don't think that it's adoption will be as fast as it's going now, a lot of people won't afford to hold 1 Bitcoin and it will surely affect its value because demand will be very low. Almost everybody can hold some fractions of Bitcoin in Satoshi, the amount that you hold determines the value in your possession. The fractions of your Bitcoin remains what it is in the Blockchain, what changes is the value, it can either dip or rally. Many newbies will not understand this, even when they buy in sats they will panic if they see the value decreasing, proper knowledge is important.

[Sticky Bomb]

Bitcoin is represented as a digital ledger. It does not "split" like you are thinking. It is divisible. One Bitcoin can be divided into 100 million smaller pieces called satoshis. Therefore, if I had 1BTC and sent someone half of it, I am sending them 50 million satoshis. Ultimately, it is still just digits on a digital ledger. There is nothing physical about it, so there is neither "splitting" nor "joining".

But when you make multiple small transactions over time, does that clutter your wallet with too many inputs, or does it affect the transaction fees later on? Just trying to understand how it all adds up in the background.

If for example you have multiple inputs coming from fractions of bitcoin sent to your wallet over time, they are called UTXOs and if you want to make a transaction that you've to use two or more of those inputs, it increases the transaction weight as compared to making the transaction from just one UTXO and you would end up paying more fees. A way to go around this is targeting when the fee rate is low and consolidating your multiple UTXOs to a single address (more like joining them together as a single UTXO in a new address still in the same wallet if you wish). This is achieved by sending all of your inputs to a new address and paying a little fee since the fee rate is low as against possibly initiating a transaction when the fee rate is high and paying higher fees each time you make a transaction that involves more that a single UTXO in your wallet.

[bhadz]

If Bitcoin didn't have fractions or sats I don't think that it's adoption will be as fast as it's going now, a lot of people won't afford to hold 1 Bitcoin and it will surely affect its value because demand will be very low. Almost everybody can hold some fractions of Bitcoin in Satoshi, the amount that you hold determines the value in your possession. The fractions of your Bitcoin remains what it is in the Blockchain, what changes is the value, it can either dip or rally.

And that's why many are misled thinking that if someone talks to them about investing in Bitcoin, they think that they need to hold 1 whole of it but they're wrong. All they need is to buy any amount they're able to and they can hold it for as long as they can.

Many newbies will not understand this, even when they buy in sats they will panic if they see the value decreasing, proper knowledge is important.

That's a typical beginner reaction. We all have been through that experience and that's why we're here to tell them that every correction and sudden dumps are pretty normal.

[Hyphen(-)]

Bitcoin smaller unit is sats while some may decide to call it Satoshi

You did not understand it.

bitcoin is btc.
satoshi is sat.

bitcoin and satoshi or btc and sat are only different writing ways for mentioning about same units of bitcoin. Your teaching can be very confusing with newbies and they might understand inacurately about Bitcoin units.

The explanation looks complex for a newbie even though that’s the right explanation to the question but let’s explain it in simplified form.

Since Bitcoin has value I think it is better we use its price to explain this proper.
No matter the fraction of Bitcoin it is, it has value, so you can explain it everything based on the value.
Buy as much as you can because buying 1BTC is for the rich people, some of us that can’t afford it should keep buying in fractions using the DCA method to accumulate more before the price skyrockets.

[uchegod-21]

I'm fairly new to the Bitcoin world and am wondering about the the handling of Bitcoin after it has been split.  First off, when a coin gets split, what do the characters look like? Are they new characters, or is it the same base character with a decimal corresponding to the fraction of a coin? Secondly, how is it possible to reconnect fractional portions of a Bitcoin? I  would think there has to be some way to reconstruct, but how can that happen when the fractions are held by multiple addresses?

Let me correct some of the errors you must have made unintentionally in this your post and at thesame time, answer some of your questions I deem neccessary.

• Firstly, bitcoin is not an object or whatever you think of it, it does not split. It is just series of figures that can be expressed in decimals. Just like your fiat, bitcoin is only divisible and cannot be splitted. I am sure you meant to say "divide" but only used the wrong word
• Secondly, I don't exactly know what you meant by "new characters" but like i said earlier,  your wallet will only show a decimal representation of your balance
• bitcoin is not that rigid, you can add and divide them as much as you want. You can reconnect these portions by sending from a different wallet address to your own address and the balance adds up. That simple.

[RockBell]

If Bitcoin didn't have fractions or sats I don't think that it's adoption will be as fast as it's going now, a lot of people won't afford to hold 1 Bitcoin and it will surely affect its value because demand will be very low. Almost everybody can hold some fractions of Bitcoin in Satoshi, the amount that you hold determines the value in your possession. The fractions of your Bitcoin remains what it is in the Blockchain, what changes is the value, it can either dip or rally. Many newbies will not understand this, even when they buy in sats they will panic if they see the value decreasing, proper knowledge is important.

And because of how fractional bitcoin is it makes it easy and affordable for people and if not for this mathematics I don't think people will have the funds to actually pay or be able to afford it and the issue now is that how many people can actually afford it because it's only the 1% of the 1% that can actually afford it so people need to just need to understand that and the idea of the 0. Is one of the best initiatives that Satoshi ever came up with because having this kind of reputation only few people will be able to afford it, but one way or the other still made it accessible for people to be able to buy will at least not less than 10 dollar so with this kind of settings it's has become a matter of choice for people to actually buy.