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Bitcoins are inherently unlimited - they can be divided down to 8 decimal places for a total of 2.1 quadrillion units.

• weavejester 15y ago
  Do you mean "effectively unlimited"? They're not inherently unlimited in the current implementation; quite the opposite in fact!
  • qdog 15y ago
    I don't think they are "effectively unlimited" either, perhaps closer to "effectively dividable forever", which might not be true, not sure. However, once they are in full circulation they will be a deflationary currency, and giving someone a sliver of a bitcoin that's worth as much as what a full bitcoin was worth at X time in the past is not the same as adding more bitcoins. I remember one of my economics professors always pre-pending "All other things being equal" before, relating any theories. I keep that in mind every time I start thinking about anything to do with economics, the pile of assumptions on how things are going to work is usually problematic.
• georgemcbay 15y ago
  That's still not unlimited (tempted to quote Princess Bride here, but you're not the OP, so it wouldn't quite fit).
• dasil003 15y ago
  Unlimited for the purpose of moving currency. Right now just trying to move a million dollars by Bitcoin will move the market significantly and likely one party will get screwed.