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24. I believe the 21 million is "hard-built" into the system

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:20 PM

Dec 23

and cannot be changed unless maybe the thing is hacked and counterfeit coin emerges.

BTW, this "volatile but always upwards" is nonsense on the face of it, especially for an instrument without any tangible worth (even less than tulips).

Speaking of hacking, if the block chain is hacked, the entire thing becomes worthless. I'd like to see some commentary on the probability of that happening.

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