{"id":8441,"date":"2019-10-15T13:44:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinfomania.com\/?p=8441"},"modified":"2024-04-23T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T09:51:19","slug":"satoshi-appears-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinfomania.com\/satoshi-appears-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Satoshi’ Now Appears in the Oxford English Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) revealed in an announcement<\/a> last week that it has added ‘satoshi’ \u2013 the smallest unit of a bitcoin<\/a> \u2013 to its word gallery.<\/p>\n

The new word, satoshi<\/strong>, is defined<\/a> in the famous English dictionary as:<\/p>\n

the smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin digital payment system, equal to one hundred millionth of a bitcoin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The announcement goes on to accurately recognize that the ‘satoshi’ cryptocurrency unit is named after Satoshi Nakamoto, the\u2014probably pseudonymous\u2014developer(s) of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

Notably, the ‘satoshi’ addition means that the Oxford English Dictionary is now home to several cryptocurrency, and blockchain-related words with the definition provided for some of the most popular ones listed below.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin<\/strong> \u2014A propitiatory name for a digital payment system introduced in 2009, having its own unit of account.<\/p>\n

Cryptocurrency<\/strong> \u2014 Any of various digital payment systems operating independently of a central authority and employing cryptographic techniques to control and verify transactions in a unique unit of account; (also) the units of account of such a system, considered collectively.<\/p>\n

OxfordDictionaries.com, an online language resource maintained by the Oxford University Press, also contains some crypto-related words including:<\/p>\n

Blockchain<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 A digital ledger in which transactions made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency are recorded chronologically and publicly.<\/p>\n

Miner<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 A person who obtains units of a cryptocurrency by running computer processes to solve\u00a0specific mathematical problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mine<\/strong> <\/a>\u2014 [To] obtain units of (a cryptocurrency) by running a computer process to solve specific\u00a0mathematical problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a similar update regarding the concept of cryptocurrencies subtly entering mainstream consciousness, Coinfomania reported in May that Microsoft added Bitcoin as a currency option<\/a> in spreadsheet software, Excel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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