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Re:Digital Archaeology: where does Bitcoin's 21M come from? by LuckyBuddy on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @07:17AM (#47777538)
It is just a geometric series that happens to sum to slightly under 21 million because of the bit shift and the block time. The number itself is mostly arbitrary as long as it stays finite.
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Re:Digital Archaeology: where does Bitcoin's 21M come from? by anax32 on Saturday April 18, 2026 @03:31PM (#47818801)
an interesting aside: the block rewards for each epoch are the percentage issuance of that epoch.
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