Bedankt, maar wat wil je hiermee zeggen?
Het gaat me niet om de exacte hoeveelheid munten op de markt, maar om de verhouding t.o.v. andere munten.
Sommige munten hebben een supply die 1000x zoveel is anderen. Waarom is hiervoor gekozen?

Hi mensen,

Ik heb de vraag al op meerdere plekken gesteld, maar niemand kan mij er antwoord op geven. Ik ben benieuwd wat de reden is van een hoge of lage totale supply bij coins/tokens. Hierbij niet kijkend naar de effecten op de markt, maar naar de technische reden.
Bijvoorbeeld:

Bitcoin (BTC) heeft een max supply van: 21,000,000 BTC
Bij Ripple (XRP) is dit veel meer: 38,739,144,847 XRP

Waarom hebben de developers van Ripple tijdens de ontwikkeling gekozen voor een veel hogere max supply?

Bedankt!

Thanks, but still not the answer I'm looking for. After the chosen amount of coins that make the total supply, the "basic economics of supply and demand" is just a consequence of it which affects the price. This still does not explain why developers initially choose for a high or low amount of total supply.

Thanks for all the help, but I know how the relationship between market capitalization and coin supply works. As I said, my question is not regarding the effects of the coins supply on the price of the coin. I want to know why a development team chooses for a high supply of coins or a low supply of coins. Does this only relate to the price fluctuation or does it have to do something with the applicability of the coin?

So the decision of having a high supply or a low supply of coins is only dependent on the eventual price fluctuation?

I totally agree with you. But in my opinion development should always be good in order for a coin to be adopted well. I don't think this has something to do with the total supply of coins.

For example: the total supply of Bitcoin is 21,000,000 BTC. 
Ripple has a total supply of 99,993,093,880 XRP.

Why does this differ so much?

Thanks for your reaction!

As you said, these coins have a higher risk. That is what I meant with high volatility.

Though, apart from trading, how does this work from a technical perspective? Why would a team work with a low supply of coins for example? As this has a higher risk in trading. And the other way around, why would a team work with a high supply of coins?

Hi people,

I'm now into cryptocurrencies for a while (trading and the technical background), but I'm having this question. Maybe you could help me out.

What are the technical implications of a coin having a high or low supply? From a trading perspective, I know that this has an effect on the volatility. However, from a more technical perspective: how does this effect the performance of the coin? Does this even affect the performance? And does this relate to the purpose of the coin?

Thanks!