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If there's a hard 21 million coin limit, I don't really see it as 'out of thin air'. There are 21 million Bitcoins that have and will ever exist. It's no more p
by bidirectional 5y ago
If there's a hard 21 million coin limit, I don't really see it as 'out of thin air'. There are 21 million Bitcoins that have and will ever exist. It's no more printing from thin air than pulling gold from the ground is.
Besides, why is panning for gold or saving a kitten fundamentally any different? A difficult physical process must take place, the fact it happens to be digital does not make it magic, despite how complex these devices may seem.