On 19 December 2013 08:01, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2013/12/18 Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> > >> On 18 Dec 2013, at 09:47, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> Depends on the problem you're considering, I think it can lead to a >>> society with more individual freedoms, for example. >>> >> >> I don't think it can... can you give argument how bitcoin would achieve >> that ? >> >> >> Bitcoin was not deflationist at the start, >> > > Yes it was and is... the number of bitcoins are finite and fixed over > time... There will be at most 21 millions bitcoins in circulation for > ever... a lost bitcoin is lost *forever*... > > I don't know much about bitcoins. Why are they limited to 21 million, and if one is lost, why can't it be recreated? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

