The argument usually hinges on simple counting: there are only 21 million possible bitcoins, and 21 million is nothing compared to the money supply of other currencies. Therefore, in the end (supposing bitcoin succeeds hugely), the exchange rate must be enormous.
So the difference between 1BTC and 0.1BTC is that there are significantly fewer of the former than the latter.
Re:Thoughts on Bitcoin
by sliverstorm on Monday December 02, 2013 @01:06AM
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There are only 21 million possible bitcoins, but there are 2.1e15 possible satoshis, which are the only denomination that really matter.
Why? BTC is, for our purposes, infinitely divisible. BTC is just as useful when it is worth $1, as when it is worth $1B. I believe the bitcoin network has value, but 1BTC doesn't hold any more intrinsic value than 0.1BTC. They both leverage the same network.