BITCOIN SUPPLY LIMIT | Bitcointalksearch.org

tbct_mt2

hero member

Activity: 2366

Merit: 838

Quote from: Z_MBFM on October 07, 2023, 09:05:52 AM

Bitcoin mining now requires a lot of patience because at the current rate of Bitcoin mining, it is difficult to raise the mining cost.

As bitcoin miners, they want the opposite, reduce their mining cost and raise their mining profit. I am sorry but you are saying oppositely to the truth and what Bitcoin miners want to have.

Quote

There are many bitcoin miners in the world, not one or two miners, and only a certain amount is mined for each block, so it is not profitable to mine now. Yet many mine to fulfill their hobby.

If they are newbies, they can mine Bitcoin to get experience but if they are professional miners, they do Bitcoin mining for profit, not for fun, curiosity or to satisfy their hobby.

Quote

The supply and demand of Bitcoin is very negligible right now so it is a great opportunity for us to save Bitcoin for the future. 0.0244140625 BTC will be mining rate when we start living around 2050. Then the price of Bitcoin will skyrocket. And those of us who are now failing to save bitcoins will just be hollering then

Bitcoin miners have to pay their costs like power bills, buying ASICs, maintenance, staff operations and more activities needed for mining. They can not hold all bitcoin they received from mining process.

You again used a wrong term. Mining rate, it is not a right term and the correct term is Bitcoin block reward. You must know Bitcoin miners receive bitcoin from block reward and transaction fee.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply

Z_MBFM

sr. member

Activity: 546

Merit: 309

Quote from: CryptoHeadlineNews on April 04, 2023, 04:25:34 PM

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

The image below gives a clear reason why it will be very difficult to mine the remaining 2 million Bitcoin before 2140, because after each halving, the reward for mining is divided into half, of which the first reward for mining Bitcoin was 50 BTC in 2009, and 4yrs later after 2012 halving, the reward got divided into half I.e 25 BTC, and likewise 2016 and 2020 halving reward, including next year's halving which its reward is expected to be 3.125 BTC.

Why after next year's halving, the next are as follows;
2028 = 1.5625 BTC
2032 = 0.78125 BTC
2036 = 0.390625 BTC
2040 = 0.1953125 BTC
2044 = 0.09765625 BTC
2048 = 0.048828125 BTC
2052 = 0.0244140625 BTC
2056 = 0.01220703125 BTC
2060 = 0.006103515625 BTC

Bitcoin mining now requires a lot of patience because at the current rate of Bitcoin mining, it is difficult to raise the mining cost. There are many bitcoin miners in the world, not one or two miners, and only a certain amount is mined for each block, so it is not profitable to mine now. Yet many mine to fulfill their hobby. The supply and demand of Bitcoin is very negligible right now so it is a great opportunity for us to save Bitcoin for the future. 0.0244140625 BTC will be mining rate when we start living around 2050. Then the price of Bitcoin will skyrocket. And those of us who are now failing to save bitcoins will just be hollering then

Casdinyard

hero member

Activity: 2184

Merit: 891

Leading Crypto Sports Betting and Casino Platform

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

Mining won't stop when all bitcoins are discovered and mined. These "miners" facilitate transactions as well and the fees we pay the network actually goes to their pockets, so with that being said the mining industry won't necessarily go out of business when all bitcoins are mined. They'd just be redirecting their focus on something else.

As for why it's going to take time before all bitcoins are mined, one thing that you have to keep in mind is that the difficulty for earning bitcoins through mining isn't linear. It's exponential. What took a few minutes/hours for people back in 2011, is now taking weeks and months for powerful asic miners of this day, I don't wanna delve into the maths of it and the complicated tech jargon but basically picture this:

You have the whole planet (internet) to mine gold on (bitcoin), as more and more gold are mined from the land, the less the supply is, and the harder it becomes to mine and earn the remaining gold in the Earth cause the area you have to work with didn't get smaller as you're mining more gold, it became bigger and thus more land (blocks) must be mined in order to find gold. That is basically how it works for the bitcoin mining industry.

Velemir Sava

member

Activity: 295

Merit: 28

Enterapp

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

When viewed from the level of Mining Difficulty As more miners join the network and compete to solve complex math problems, the difficulty increases compared to the previous stage when fewer bitcoins were in circulation. Although it seems feasible to mine the remaining 2 million bitcoins before the year 2140 based on the first 19 million mining timeframe.

BVeyron

hero member

Activity: 1680

Merit: 987

#SWGT CERTIK Audited

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

I think it's impossible, but the core thing is that it won't change anything, since nearly all the BTC are already mined. IMHO tremendous increase in mining speed is a threat for altcoins, since some of them have very small percent mined at the moment.

pgbit

sr. member

Activity: 771

Merit: 258

Trident Protocol | Simple «buy-hold-earn» system!

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

This is because of the block reward. Every 210,000 blocks mined, the block reward is halved. This means that the amount of bitcoins generated per block decreases over time. As the block reward decreases, the amount of bitcoins that miners can earn for their efforts is reduced, and thus the incentive for miners to continue mining is reduced. As a result, the rate at which new bitcoins are mined will slow down significantly over time until the remaining 2 million bitcoins are mined. This is why it is estimated that it will take until 2140 to mine all 21 million bitcoins.

Darker45

legendary

Activity: 2576

Merit: 1860

Because everything has a schedule. But the schedule is not time-based but formula-based. So here is the formula as to why there is only 21 million in total supply and why the generation of new coins will last until around 2140:

https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1564742835223633921/photo/1

In addition to this, each block is mined within 10 minutes more or less, so while the formula above is based on blocks, subsequent halvings and when the final Satoshi is mined are still predictable. Hence, the estimates that the next halving would occur somewhere in April or May next year and the last Sat to be mined in around 2140.

tranthidung

legendary

Activity: 2310

Merit: 4085

Farewell o_e_l_e_o

Quote from: BenCodie on April 04, 2023, 01:13:13 PM

Fun fact - Did you know that up to 6,000,000 Bitcoin might be lost forever?

It is estimation that is certainly not correct!

Estimation is based on many assumptions which can be true or untrue in reality. I made my estimation in the past and you can use similar methodology to make your estimations with latest on-chain data and UTXO bands you want to use.

Investigate, assess news. Don't simply read and make wrong decisions

My estimation 3 years ago.

Quote from: CryptoHeadlineNews on April 04, 2023, 04:25:34 PM

Why after next year's halving, the next are as follows;
2028 = 1.5625 BTC
2032 = 0.78125 BTC
2036 = 0.390625 BTC
2040 = 0.1953125 BTC
2044 = 0.09765625 BTC
2048 = 0.048828125 BTC
2052 = 0.0244140625 BTC
2056 = 0.01220703125 BTC
2060 = 0.006103515625 BTC

Visually

Quote from: shahzadafzal on February 27, 2023, 04:31:46 AM

Iadegbola34

member

Activity: 499

Merit: 16

The rate at which new bitcoins are mined is not constant and is actually designed to slow down over time. This is due to the Bitcoin protocol's built-in difficulty adjustment mechanism, which increases the computational difficulty of mining as more miners join the network. This means that it will take longer and longer to mine the remaining 2 million bitcoins as the network grows and more miners participate. Additionally, there is a finite limit on the number of bitcoins that can be mined due to the way the Bitcoin protocol is designed, which is why mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. So while it is technically possible to mine the remaining bitcoins before 2140, it is unlikely to happen due to the decreasing rate of mining and the difficulty involved in mining the remaining coins.

CryptoHeadlineNews

hero member

Activity: 1092

Merit: 747

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

The image below gives a clear reason why it will be very difficult to mine the remaining 2 million Bitcoin before 2140, because after each halving, the reward for mining is divided into half, of which the first reward for mining Bitcoin was 50 BTC in 2009, and 4yrs later after 2012 halving, the reward got divided into half I.e 25 BTC, and likewise 2016 and 2020 halving reward, including next year's halving which its reward is expected to be 3.125 BTC.

Why after next year's halving, the next are as follows;
2028 = 1.5625 BTC
2032 = 0.78125 BTC
2036 = 0.390625 BTC
2040 = 0.1953125 BTC
2044 = 0.09765625 BTC
2048 = 0.048828125 BTC
2052 = 0.0244140625 BTC
2056 = 0.01220703125 BTC
2060 = 0.006103515625 BTC

nakamura12

hero member

Activity: 2268

Merit: 669

Bitcoin Casino Est. 2013

Miners won't stop mining even if all the remaining supply is mined because miners are important which is the reason why your transaction is confirmed. If there's no miners then what do you think will happen if you send BTC to one of your wallets? Do you think it will get through?. It's not just the newly mined BTC that a miner receive but also the transaction fees that you paid when you create a new transaction. When that happens then transaction fee may increase since the only incentive/reward they will get is only transaction fees unlike right now where there's still BTC reward for each block mined.

mendace

hero member

Activity: 504

Merit: 625

Pizza Maker 2023 | Bitcoinbeer.events

Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on April 04, 2023, 02:34:24 PM

Halving is the reason mate, on every halving, the amount of bitcoin released to miners is reduced by half, so by this, I believe you should understand why it took just 10 or a little more years to mine 19 million bitcoin, but will several years for the remaining 2 million bitcoins to be mined, this is clearly because, the blockchain reduced the amount of bitcoin miners get, from now on, they are earning far lesser bitcoin than they earned 10 years back.

There is no need for miners to retire due to the halving. While reducing the block reward may make Bitcoin mining less profitable, there are still many incentives to continue mining Bitcoin, such as transaction fees and the prospect of a long-term increase in the price of Bitcoin.

Furthermore, Bitcoin miners are often large companies or groups of miners who have invested substantial sums in mining equipment and infrastructure. These individuals may have a long-term view and consider the halving as an expected event in their business strategy.

hZti

hero member

Activity: 1022

Merit: 642

Magic

Quote from: BenCodie on April 04, 2023, 01:13:13 PM

As others have answered, it is relevant to the block reward that is halved every 4 years. As more time goes by, less Bitcoins are released into distribution. It is not possible to change the block reward or accelerate distribution...it will follow its projected trajectory until it is complete.

Fun fact - Did you know that up to 6,000,000 Bitcoin might be lost forever?

If I think about the early times of bitcoin, I think that 6,000,000 Bitcoins that are lost forever is a pretty good estimate. This makes me wonder if there would be a good and fair way to determine if a coin is „lost“ and therefore could be returned back into the mining reward pool. THis would make sure we would have steady rewards even when officially the block reward would be close to 0.

Fivestar4everMVP

legendary

Activity: 2422

Merit: 1083

Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

Halving is the reason mate, on every halving, the amount of bitcoin released to miners is reduced by half, so by this, I believe you should understand why it took just 10 or a little more years to mine 19 million bitcoin, but will several years for the remaining 2 million bitcoins to be mined, this is clearly because, the blockchain reduced the amount of bitcoin miners get, from now on, they are earning far lesser bitcoin than they earned 10 years back.

BenCodie

legendary

Activity: 1666

Merit: 1037

As others have answered, it is relevant to the block reward that is halved every 4 years. As more time goes by, less Bitcoins are released into distribution. It is not possible to change the block reward or accelerate distribution...it will follow its projected trajectory until it is complete.

Fun fact - Did you know that up to 6,000,000 Bitcoin might be lost forever?

tranthidung

legendary

Activity: 2310

Merit: 4085

Farewell o_e_l_e_o

Quote from: Aanuoluwatofunmi on April 04, 2023, 09:13:14 AM

What you will consider is the bitcoin mining hash rate global distribution we are having, are they adequately enough to evenly satisfy the demands on bitcoin supply, are there currently challenges facing this global hash rate on bitcoin mining, how many countries and geopolitical locations are we having bitcoin miners, are they much enough to satisfy the demand on the required rate, many things had to be considered here before drawing into conclusion.

First, let's talk about your writing and grammar. Your English is not bad but you should improve it, especially grammar that temporarily damages what you want to express. I can guess what you want to discuss but improvement should be made. Wink

Grammarly.com. I advise you to use this one together with Grammar book

Second, you misunderstand about how Bitcoin blockchain works, how difficulty is set up to retarget. Hashrate on the network can rise or fall but difficulty retarget algorithm is always in place to do its task every 2016 blocks (which is about 14 days).

Bitcoin network's Total hash rate (TH/s). Choose all to see how it has risen with time. Then see how Network difficulty adjusted in history with some deep falls.

If you want to discover some reasons behind this (like flood season in China mainland, mining crackdown), explorer in my topic

The history of Bitcoin difficulty adjustment (in percent)

A cool tool for Difficulty estimator is helpful for you to recognize that Bitcoin network can operate fine with either increasing or decreasing total hash rate.

Aanuoluwatofunmi

sr. member

Activity: 672

Merit: 416

stead.builders

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

What you will consider is the bitcoin mining hash rate global distribution we are having, are they adequately enough to evenly satisfy the demands on bitcoin supply, are there currently challenges facing this global hash rate on bitcoin mining, how many countries and geopolitical locations are we having bitcoin miners, are they much enough to satisfy the demand on the required rate, many things had to be considered here before drawing into conclusion.

PrivacyG

hero member

Activity: 882

Merit: 1873

Crypto Swap Exchange

All known issues related to this subject have been solved so far. Say US Government was able to secretly build enough mining equipment to double the current mining hash rate. One day they plug all of them in and now mining happens two times faster. BUT! Every 2016 Blocks, mining difficulty is adjusted. This means their strategy would only work for 2016 Blocks at MOST.

Then you have the Halving. This solves another solution. Even if a Block is mined every 10 minutes on average. Halving the mining reward every 4 years means the process is slowed down in half every four years.

These two combined make it about impossible to cheat the system. Sure. The date this happens in the year 2140 is not precise mostly because a Block does not take EXACTLY 10 minutes to be mined. Sometime it takes 30. Sometime it takes only 5. But average is 10 anyway. So the year will be somewhere around 2140.

-
Regards,
PrivacyG

tranthidung

legendary

Activity: 2310

Merit: 4085

Farewell o_e_l_e_o

Quote from: joniboini on April 01, 2023, 07:12:53 AM

At the end of the day, the market will find the equilibrium and some miners will definitely stop mining due to mining costs, the question is whether the security of the network is good enough to sustain the network when that does happen. Considering how the BTC hashrate keeps rising though, I doubt we'll see that happen in the near future. CMIIW.

Miners who are newbies in Bitcoin mining industry and joined when price was around all time high and don't have enough (experience of course, I skip it) deep budget to cover cost in bearish months or worse borrow to buy ASICs, supplementary equipments to set up and operate their farms, will have to capitulate in a long bear market.

It's what we saw some times in this industry, miner capitulation. Fortunately, it is one of good signals that bear market mostly touches its bottom range.

Hash ribbons indicator

Kemarit

legendary

Activity: 3080

Merit: 1353

Quote from: Diiriye on April 01, 2023, 03:48:46 AM

As we all know BITCOIN mining will stop once the 21 million mark is reached. According to the information we have 19 millions coins were mined and now circulating. The remaining balance is about 2 millions to be mined. Why it is not possible to mine the remaining BITCOINS before 2140 when the 19 millions mined in just over 10 years?

I don't think that you need to wait till 2140, most likely in the next 3-4 block halvings, "almost all" bitcoin are going to be mined or at least 99% of it. And that 1% could take centuries to be mined.

So in this case, it might be difficult to get bitcoin decades from now. Supply are dwindling, but that 21 million might not be reach technically.

Topic: BITCOIN SUPPLY LIMIT (Read 339 times)