I know this is minor, but people have become accustomed to the denominations described in the whitepaper: https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/%5BEnglish%5D-White-Paper#currency-and-issuance 1: wei 10^3: lovelace 10^6: babbage 10^9: shannon 10^12: szabo 10^15: finney 10^18: ether