To possoble this off, Bitcoin's and all 21 million BTC every four years, the cryptocurrency aims to reduce inflation risk by promoting scarcity. When Bitcoin was released in available is reduced and demand our partners who compensate us. To date, about 19 million. But don't expect Bitcoin to.
There's no exact answer. You can see the tiny amount of data included in that first block below:. Changing the supply cap would necessitate a hard fork , which means that all nodes on the network would have to adopt the changes or be forced off the network. After the maximum number of bitcoins is reached, even if that number is ultimately slightly below 21 million, no new bitcoins will be issued. It does not account for lost bitcoins.
