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Re:S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in... by itsoktocry on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:10PM (#25297767)
>Bitcoin is scarce; the consensus mechanism makes it prohibitively difficult to change the supply.

A single bitcoin is infinitely divisible, unlike most physical assets. How does that affect scarcity?

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Re:S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in... by modeless on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:28PM (#25297906)
Bitcoin is not infinitely divisible. The smallest unit is called a Satoshi.
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