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As currently designed, the system has an absolute cap at ~21 million coins.
by euccastro 15y ago
As currently designed, the system has an absolute cap at ~21 million coins.
- delinka 15y agoBut if coins are [infinitely?] divisible, then the currency just undergoes deflation.
- weavejester 15y agoNot infinitely, but divisible to 8 decimal places IIRC.
- Groxx 15y agoIndeed they are. But their generation (via payout from successful block creation) slows exponentially. So unless we find every solution to the hash problem, which essentially can't be done, statistically speaking, the system will never stop producing some bitcoins.