Millisats per what?

I brief explainer on how to make sense of what your contributing in podStation. As tested and documented for podStation version 1.40.1.

What the heck is a millisat?

This is all back to metric, so we need to look at the milli prefix. Which means 10^-3 or thousandths .001 of a sat. For more information on What are sats?

“Sats,” which is shorthand for “satoshi” is a term used for the smallest possible denomination of BTC: 0.00000001 BTC, or 1 one-hundred-millionth of a bitcoin. The unit is named for the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Understanding the default in podStation

The default as of testing in podStation is 3,000,000 millisats per hour, so what is that in sats per minute?

To figure this out take 3000000 * .001 = 3000 Which means 3000 sats per hour.

And since there are 60 minus per hour divide 3000 by 60 to get the sats per minute.

3000 / 60 = 50

So the default in podStation is 50 sats per minute

Set your value

With the information above your able to do the calculations now and set the value slider appropriately.

The easy way with the JavaScript millisats to sats calculator

At this point let the fun numerology begin…

Millisats per hour:

Sats per hour:

Sats per minute:

<script>
    function satsCalculator(){
        let milliSats = document.getElementById('msh').valueAsNumber;

        let satsPerHour = milliSats * .001;
        document.getElementById('sph').innerHTML = satsPerHour;
    
        let satsPerMinute = satsPerHour / 60;
        document.getElementById('spm').innerHTML = satsPerMinute;        
    }
</script>