# Has a decision been made around zcash unit names? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 24, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184 "2017-05-24T13:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dent/32/10297_2.png) [@dent](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dent)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/1 "2017-05-24T13:52:16Z")
I’ve seen the poll and a couple threads but haven’t been able to track down names for the different units of zcash. For example, what do you call 1/1,000,000 of a zcash ‘note’? [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Units](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Units) Any info? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![kek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/kek/32/17068_2.png) [@kek](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/kek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/2 "2017-05-24T14:24:07Z")
not sure it’s written in stone yet! personally, like the term ‘millizecs’. we should run with it! ---
**Author:** ![tkdberger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/tkdberger/32/4615_2.png) [@tkdberger](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/tkdberger)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/3 "2017-05-24T14:53:56Z")
Yeah, I like millizecs. It’s absurdly fun to say. ---
**Author:** ![root](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/root/32/4864_2.png) [@root](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/root)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/4 "2017-05-24T16:43:17Z")
Maybe we should call the smallest unit a zook. ---
**Author:** ![anon47418038](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@anon47418038](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/anon47418038)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/5 "2017-05-25T05:02:14Z")
I’m still fond of zatoshi ---
**Author:** ![tkdberger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/tkdberger/32/4615_2.png) [@tkdberger](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/tkdberger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/6 "2017-05-25T12:21:15Z")
Never mind, zooks is objectively better than millizecs. ---
**Author:** ![dent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dent/32/10297_2.png) [@dent](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dent)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/7 "2017-05-25T14:42:56Z")
BTC | ZEC bits | zooks satoshis | zatoshis ? ---
**Author:** ![dent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dent/32/10297_2.png) [@dent](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dent)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/9 "2017-05-26T22:08:46Z")
Something like this? | Unit | Decimal | Alt Name | | --- | --- | --- | | - | 1 | zcash(?) | | milli | .001 | millizec | | micro | .000001 | zook | | | .00000001 | zatoshi | maybe throw a **snark** in there somewhere too? Thinking about this lead me down a bit of a rabbit hole. First looked into if there was a zcash wiki where this could be posted. Didn’t see anything. Then started looking into decentralized wiki options using IPFS or something. Then found Lunyr and been digging into that project. Interesting stuff. ---
**Author:** ![scenox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@scenox](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/scenox)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/10 "2017-05-27T20:01:40Z")
How about: 1 zcash = 100 zent ---
**Author:** ![kek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/kek/32/17068_2.png) [@kek](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/kek)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/11 "2017-05-27T21:14:16Z")
haha! love it! millizecs, and zents should be the units’ names, imo ---
**Author:** ![xyZcash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/xyzcash/32/7599_2.png) [@xyZcash](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/xyZcash)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/13 "2017-05-28T16:00:27Z")
Whilst the privacy of z\_addresses provides an actual increase of fungibility, in comparison to Bitcoin … One wonders if any distinction should be made in regards to the Zcash unit name being held or sent? As the recipient of a Zcash transaction (to either a t\_address or z\_address) is this perhaps a good way to indicate the privacy level or origin of said funds? - [Transaction Linkability - Electric Coin Company](https://z.cash/blog/transaction-linkability.html) - [Payment Contexts & Reusing Shielded Addresses - Electric Coin Company](https://z.cash/blog/shielded-address-contexts.html) - [How Transactions Between Shielded Addresses Work - Electric Coin Company](https://z.cash/blog/zcash-private-transactions.html) ---
**Author:** ![xyZcash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/xyzcash/32/7599_2.png) [@xyZcash](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/xyZcash)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-a-decision-been-made-around-zcash-unit-names/16184/14 "2017-05-28T16:14:05Z")
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