Currency

Currency is composed of a canonical Symbol and Decimals. This Decimals value is used to convert an Amount.Value from atomic units (Satoshis) to standard units (Bitcoins).

Properties

Name	Type	Description	Required
symbol	String	Canonical symbol associated with a currency.	True
decimals	Int (>= 0)	Number of decimal places in the standard unit representation of the amount. For example, BTC has 8 decimals. Note that it is not possible to represent the value of some currency in atomic units that is not base 10.	True
metadata	Object	Any additional information related to the currency itself. For example, it would be useful to populate this object with the contract address of an ERC-20 token.	False

Example

{
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "decimals": 8,
    "metadata": {
        "Issuer": "Satoshi"
    }
}