It’s Time to Admit It – There Are Only 2.1 Quadrillion Bitcoins

If the above statement offends you, you might not have read the Bitcoin source code.

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Of course, I’m sure you’ve heard that there are 21 million bitcoin – and this is true, the Bitcoin protocol allows for only “21 million bitcoin” to be created, yet these larger denominations can be subdivided into 100 million sub-units each.

Call them whatever you want, there are only 2.1 quadrillion monetary units in the protocol.

This dollars and cents differential has long been the subject of…

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