regarding those links & the unit question: calling the base unit “bitcoin” isn't just semantics, it’s technically accurate. the whitepaper defines bitcoin as a chain of digital signatures – each complete signature chain is one bitcoin. we're dealing with whole, indivisible units at the protocol level. bip177 formalizes this – representing amounts as integers clarifies that we're working with whole bitcoins, not fractions of a fraction. what was previously “1 bitcoin” (100 million smallest units) simply becomes 100 million bitcoins. it’s a rescaling, aligning the name with the actual unit of account defined by the signature chain. satoshi’s design wasn’t about infinitely divisible fractions, but complete, verifiable transactions—each a whole bitcoin. using “bitcoin” for the base unit honors that original intent and reflects the system’s fundamental workings. #Bitcoinisbitcoin


