Re:Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner Stigli...
by disordinary on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:26PM
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Bitcoins won't run out until 2140, that is far enough into the future that most people won't ever think about it.
What seems to be the case though is that the decimal is placed at the wrong part of the number. Perhaps what we know of as a micro bitcoin should actually be what is called a bitcoin. The problem is that people see whole things which makes bitcoins seem unaffordable.
Re:Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner Stigli...
by Cyphase on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:43PM
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~80% of the 21 million already exist, and ~95% will exist by 2025, barring some cataclysmic event. So it's a bit misleading to just say that it "won't run out until 2140".
What seems to be the case though is that the decimal is placed at the wrong part of the number. Perhaps what we know of as a micro bitcoin should actually be what is called a bitcoin. The problem is that people see whole things which makes bitcoins seem unaffordable.