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GIGAWEI [1 record]

Record 1 2019-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Coins and Bank Notes
CONT

Gas is measured in gwei, which you can think of as a nano-ether, or 10-9 [ethers (ETH)].

OBS

A denomination of ether: 1 nano-ether = 0.000000001 ether = 1,000,000,000 wei = 1 giga-wei.

Key term(s)
  • nanoether
  • gigawei

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
CONT

Sans entrer dans les détails, cette complexité est mesurée en gaz – par exemple, un transfert d'ethers est relativement simple et coûte 21000 gaz à exécuter; le gaz, dont le prix est indirectement fixé par les mineurs, coûte aujourd'hui environ 0.000000002 ether (ou 2 gwei) [...]

OBS

Dénomination de l'ether : 1 nano-ether = 0,000000001 ether = 1 000 000 000 wei = 1 giga-wei.

Key term(s)
  • nanoether
  • gigawei

Spanish

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