Denominations

GHOST and aghost

Unit	Symbol	Relation
GHOST	GHOST	1 GHOST = 10^18 aghost
aghost	aghost	Base unit (like wei in Ethereum)

This follows the same pattern as ETH/wei. All on-chain values and smart contract interactions use aghost (the base unit). Display values use GHOST.

Conversion examples

// JavaScript: convert GHOST to aghost
const ghostAmount = 1.5;
const aghostAmount = BigInt(ghostAmount * 1e18); // 1500000000000000000n

// ethers.js
import { parseEther, formatEther } from 'ethers';
const aghost = parseEther('1.5');       // 1500000000000000000n
const ghost = formatEther(aghost);       // "1.5"

// viem
import { parseEther, formatEther } from 'viem';
const aghost = parseEther('1.5');       // 1500000000000000000n

# Foundry: convert using cast
cast to-wei 1.5   # 1500000000000000000
cast from-wei 1500000000000000000  # 1.5

In Cosmos SDK

When interacting via the Cosmos side (staking, governance), amounts use the aghost denomination:

# Send tokens via specterd
specterd tx bank send <from> <to> 1000000000000000000aghost

# Query balance
specterd query bank balance <address> aghost

In smart contracts

Solidity contracts always work with aghost (uint256):

// 1 GHOST = 1 ether in Solidity notation
uint256 oneGhost = 1 ether; // 1000000000000000000

// Sending GHOST
payable(recipient).transfer(1 ether);