Who will be mining Bitcoin when all 21 Million BTC have been mined and are in circulation ?
In this phase Bitcoin miners supporting the network will only be mining for transaction fees
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There was already a coin for testing purpose: IXCoin. Here is the BTT link : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-ixcoin-a-new-bitcoin-fork-36218
It is afaik first altcoin and also a merged mined coin. So you dont need extra energy for mining IXCoin. If you want to test after all coins has been mined , try to help IXCoin.
Or good luck with your new coin.
@Lorenzo xaucoin was not pre mined so this does not really apply although thank you for the information
@Lboss 2.1 million approx total xaucoin makes for a micro economic model in relation to Bitcoin unlike IXCoin
Merged mining cannot be applied to the experiment or model as Bitcoin itself cannot be merged mined above another crypto coin currently
xaucoin has a viable independent micro economic model in relation to the rarity and scarcity of Bitcoin and if you will IXCoin as well
again thank you for the information which is very useful