Technology, Internet & Money
What is the maximum number of bitcoins that can ever exist under Bitcoin's protocol rules?
Answer
21,000,000 bitcoins
About 19.9 million of them had already been mined as of 2025, but thanks to the halving schedule the very last bitcoin won't be mined until around the year 2140.
Source: Bitcoin protocol (Satoshi Nakamoto's design)
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