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That figure isn't right, it's about 29 billion. As for lost coins, we can only guess. Much of this depends on whether you think the coins mined very early on
by Obi_Juan_Kenobi 9y ago
That figure isn't right, it's about 29 billion.
As for lost coins, we can only guess. Much of this depends on whether you think the coins mined very early on by Satoshi are lost forever, or could come back into play. There's very roughly 1 million 'Satoshi Coins'. I'd estimate about another 500,000 that are lost on discarded hard-drives and whatnot. 1-2 million coins seems reasonable.
The only ones we know for sure are ones sent to 'Bitcoin Eater' addresses. Example: https://blockchain.info/address/1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE https://blockchain.info/address/1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSend... IIRC there are perhaps a few hundred lost in that way.