I'd say amount only because that's the name of the type in the source code https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/consensus/amount.h
// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto // Copyright (c) 2009-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. #ifndef BITCOIN_CONSENSUS_AMOUNT_H #define BITCOIN_CONSENSUS_AMOUNT_H #include <cstdint> /** Amount in satoshis (Can be negative) */ typedef int64_t CAmount; /** The amount of satoshis in one BTC. */ static constexpr CAmount COIN = 100000000; /** No amount larger than this (in satoshi) is valid. * * Note that this constant is *not* the total money supply, which in Bitcoin * currently happens to be less than 21,000,000 BTC for various reasons, but * rather a sanity check. As this sanity check is used by consensus-critical * validation code, the exact value of the MAX_MONEY constant is consensus * critical; in unusual circumstances like a(nother) overflow bug that allowed * for the creation of coins out of thin air modification could lead to a fork. * */ static constexpr CAmount MAX_MONEY = 21000000 * COIN; inline bool MoneyRange(const CAmount& nValue) { return (nValue >= 0 && nValue <= MAX_MONEY); } #endif // BITCOIN_CONSENSUS_AMOUNT_H
Funny that creation of coins out of thin air is considered a bug in Bitcoin but a feature in fiat.
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Very good point, thanks
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