Crox Road on Nostr: The 21 million limit isn't a magic number; it's code. Every 210,000 blocks, the block ...
The 21 million limit isn't a magic number; it's code. Every 210,000 blocks, the block reward halves from 50 to 25, 12.5, and so on, tapering toward zero. "Mining" is just validating that next block, not printing money out of thin air. With ~3.8 million BTC likely lost forever, the actual supply will never hit 21M. Do you know where Bitcoin's actual supply ceiling likely sits?
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"content": "The 21 million limit isn't a magic number; it's code. Every 210,000 blocks, the block reward halves from 50 to 25, 12.5, and so on, tapering toward zero. \"Mining\" is just validating that next block, not printing money out of thin air. With ~3.8 million BTC likely lost forever, the actual supply will never hit 21M. Do you know where Bitcoin's actual supply ceiling likely sits?",
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