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title: Signa and Amounts
slug: signum/signa-and-amounts
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createdAt: 2022-09-24T05:40:55.000Z
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When creating API calls, all amounts must be converted to Planck format. 
Planck is the name given to 0.00000001 Signa ( 10^(-8) in mathematical shorthand). 
Planck to Signa ratio is equal to the Satoshi to Bitcoin ratio.

**1 Planck = 0.00000001 Signa (1^10-8)** 
**1 Signa = 100,000,000 Planck**

The Node HTTP API always returns the values in Planck, and their fields are always denominated with the suffix **NQT**. See an example [here](https://europe.signum.network/api-doc/index.html#get-/api-requestType-getAccount)