Out of about 21 million "bitcoins" 19 million have been mined. What happens when they all have been mined?

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Does anyone know? I don't follow or invest in BTC other than a couple of random trades just for fun. I just wonder what happens when the last bitcoin is "mined". Does the currency collapse or do the bitcoin masters say "just kidding here's 10 million more bitcoins for you".
 
Does anyone know? I don't follow or invest in BTC other than a couple of random trades just for fun. I just wonder what happens when the last bitcoin is "mined". Does the currency collapse or do the bitcoin masters say "just kidding here's 10 million more bitcoins for you".



the mining of bitcoin is the project of the 21st century.

we must build nuke plants on the sun if necessary in order to complete the block chain

can you imagine a "national crypto reserve?"

what can go wrong
 
They'll start dividing the bitcoins, so to speak. It's kind of like printing more. Honestly, all these Chuck-E-Cheez tokens are basically worthless.
 
the mining of bitcoin is the project of the 21st century.

we must build nuke plants on the sun if necessary in order to complete the block chain

can you imagine a "national crypto reserve?"

what can go wrong
Do you have anything other than gibberish to contribute to the thread?
 
Bitcoins are indivisible and unique 256 bit sequences.
Nonsense. It can be done. Hell, off the top of my head, if a company owns one bitcoin, they could, in essence, just sell shares in that bitcoin. And of course, someone with enough knowhow could do it. As things stand, bitcoins are already sold in denominations of less than 1.
 
Nonsense. It can be done. Hell, off the top of my head, if a company owns one bitcoin, they could, in essence, just sell shares in that bitcoin. And of course, someone with enough knowhow could do it. As things stand, bitcoins are already sold in denominations of less than 1.
You are talking about dividing up a bitcoin that has been mined and therefore already "owned". Sure you can do that. There is a finite number of bitcoins that are unmined. My thread question remains what happens when there are no more bitcoins left to mine?
 
You are talking about dividing up a bitcoin that has been mined and therefore already "owned". Sure you can do that. There is a finite number of bitcoins that are unmined. My thread question remains what happens when there are no more bitcoins left to mine?
The owners of the existing ones will begin dividing them for resale (if they choose to). But otherwise, I guess...I guess all those mining operations will close. Prepare for cheap second hand supercomputers.
 
The value of one bitcoin will be zero...just what it should be today.

Google "TULIPMANIA" if you want to see how this ends.
 
Does anyone know? I don't follow or invest in BTC other than a couple of random trades just for fun. I just wonder what happens when the last bitcoin is "mined". Does the currency collapse or do the bitcoin masters say "just kidding here's 10 million more bitcoins for you".
Just kidding here's another 10 million bitcoins.
OR
We now have a new currency called "Bitcoin II".

Honestly I have never taken a chance on crypto. Maybe that's been a mistake, but I just don't understand it well enough to invest. Someone else can take the risk.
 
How many crypto's are there now?

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Does anyone know? I don't follow or invest in BTC other than a couple of random trades just for fun. I just wonder what happens when the last bitcoin is "mined". Does the currency collapse or do the bitcoin masters say "just kidding here's 10 million more bitcoins for you".
They'll just do electronic quantitative easing (EQE, just made it up!!). So they will just electronically mint some more.
 
They'll just do electronic quantitative easing (EQE, just made it up!!). So they will just electronically mint some more.
Reminds me of that old Seinfeld episode when George was trying to get some construction workers to dig up his keys.

"Fellas, is this about money?".

Answer: "Yeah (snorting). It's about money".
 
Does anyone know? I don't follow or invest in BTC other than a couple of random trades just for fun. I just wonder what happens when the last bitcoin is "mined". Does the currency collapse or do the bitcoin masters say "just kidding here's 10 million more bitcoins for you".

The price increases. No new BITC can be issued. Elon, er, Satoshi, set it up that way
 
Reminds me of that old Seinfeld episode when George was trying to get some construction workers to dig up his keys.

"Fellas, is this about money?".

Answer: "Yeah (snorting). It's about money".
The guy that accidentally threw out his hard drive with bit coins. He's taking the council to court now -

 
They'll start dividing the bitcoins, so to speak. It's kind of like printing more. Honestly, all these Chuck-E-Cheez tokens are basically worthless.
So is paper money. But It’s backed by the full credit of the US government. Bitcoin is simply an alternative currency in one regard. But it also offers transactional advantages reportedly

For the specific question by the original poster, I’m not the expert, but they are surely bitcoin experts who do have the answer. Unfortunately, I don’t. Probably Michael Saylor does.


through human history currency has changed types. And they have always been people who have doubted it saying “what’s going to happen now this won’t work out” or something like that. It’s also happening, for example, with the rise of the automobile. Some people thought that the automobile was a bad idea and that everyone should hop on a horse.
 
The value of one bitcoin will be zero...just what it should be today.

Google "TULIPMANIA" if you want to see how this ends.
Well for 15 years people have been saying bitcoin is a dumb investment. And throughout all of that time the coin has risen in value exponentially. It’s kind of like those who say the stock market is a Ponzi scheme or something. When we know that people have had incredible success, investing in cryptocurrency yet we constantly hear the same thing over and over, year after year after year “Bitcoin is going to fall apart”. Will it happen 10 years from now? How about 100 years from now how about 500 years from now?

There’s also been plenty of companies even some in the S&P 500 who have gone broke and the shareholders lose everything.

Finally, there are alternative coins that are offered up other than bitcoin.
 
How many crypto's are there now?

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They represent 3% of the entire worldwide market. It ain’t going nowhere. And if people think that it’s going to collapse, that’s going to affect the entire world economy.

I know this much there are those you think the stock market is a Ponzi scheme. And there are those who believe cryptocurrency is a Ponzi scheme or some kind of a nonsense thing they’ve been saying the same thing constantly. All through that time new people have invested and made a lot of money. Sure so people have lost money that’s what’s called investing. There’s always going to be risk associated with investing whether it’s into a coin or a company in the Sp 500…. Yes some investments are less risky than others.


One thing I often hear the doubters saying is “what’s the point of cryptocurrency, what is it? I don’t know what it is” All they have to do is some Internet research and they can see what some of the experts are saying on this issue. They will have their answer.
 

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