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Re:Flaws in Bitcoin make a lasting revival unlikely by bitxbitxbitcoin on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @10:46PM (#19508719)
Point 3 is incorrect because there will never be exactly 21M bitcoins. It will end up being slightly [1] less than 21M.

[1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply

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Re:Flaws in Bitcoin make a lasting revival unlikely by Lordarminius on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:16PM (#19508889)
> It will end up being slightly less than 21M

Or a lot less. People lose their keys all the time, die mispay.

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Re:Flaws in Bitcoin make a lasting revival unlikely by bitxbitxbitcoin on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:48PM (#19516450)
Definitely a lot less if you look at it in terms of lost keys. I'm speaking specifically about the scenario where no keys are lost, the total possible supply of bitcoin will still never be 21M.
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