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Re:Bitcoin Investors Buy Puts Aggressively by throw0101d on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @07:07AM (#41180117)
> There is a scarce amount of Microsoft shares […]

New shares can be issued at any time.

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Re:Bitcoin Investors Buy Puts Aggressively by irthomasthomas on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @07:34AM (#41180291)
And a bitcoin can be divided at any time to create a transaction. The limit on total coins is irrelevant when they can be divided almost infinitely.
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Re:Bitcoin Investors Buy Puts Aggressively by justaj on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @12:44PM (#41183077)
But division is not the same as addition.

If MS issues new shares, they will increase the total amount of shares. If you divide one BTC into smaller parts, it doesn't mean that the total amount of BTC has increased.

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