Bitcoin Scarcity Explained: Why BTC Is Limited
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Ask almost any Bitcoin holder why they own it, and "there's only so much of it" comes up fast. A central bank can add to the money supply with a policy meeting. Bitcoin can't. Its supply schedule sits inside the software, and nobody gets to print extra coins on a whim. The schedule stops at 21 million BTC. That limit is the heart of Bitcoin scarcity, and it keeps pulling in investors and researchers. Below, we look at how the cap works in practice, what halvings change, how lost coins fit in, and why a hard limit still promises nothing about price. Something is scarce when there's less of it than people want.
First reported by CoinGabbar. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.
