For example, the smallest amount of Bitcoin is one Satoshi or 0.00000001 BTC. What is the smallest amount of Ether and what is it called?
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Related: http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/363/why-is-ether-divisible-to-18-decimal-places – eth Apr 02 '17 at 00:56
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Is there a minimum amount you need to own? – user28697 Jan 12 '18 at 01:36
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The smallest unit of ETH is called Wei, and is 1x10^-18 ETH, i.e.
1 Wei = 0.000000000000000001 ETH
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It's wei(1 ether = 10^-18 wei). There are several other sub units like gwei, and finney. You can see all the sub units with their values from here,
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