> Scarcity is not a promise. It is a rule participants verify.
21,000,000
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NO MORE?
SIGNAL RECOVERED // FIXED SUPPLY
Bitcoin’s issuance schedule is encoded in its consensus rules and the subsidy declines over time. Under those rules, total issuance approaches a limit of 21 million bitcoin.
Gold is scarce because nature made it difficult to find. Bitcoin is scarce because the network refuses to change the count.