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If BTC really dominates our world, will 2.4 quadrillion satoshis be enough for the blockchain functionality to run other applications ? What will happen when limit approaches?
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October 13, 2016, 05:02:59 AM |
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satoshi is the available small unit[1], currently what we are having in bitcoin system. If there will a demand to have further smallest unit, one satoshi will be split to meet that requirement.
Basically, bitcoin is infinitely divisible to meet any requirement.
[1] please note, NOT possible small unit.
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October 13, 2016, 05:41:49 AM |
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If BTC really dominates our world, will 2.4 quadrillion satoshis be enough for the blockchain functionality to run other applications ? What will happen when limit approaches?
the maximum amount of bitcoin that will exist eventually will be 21 million bitcoin which you can multiply by 10^8 to get the satoshi equivalent which you can never get 2.4 !! so we will have 2.1*10^14 2.4 quadrillion is 2.4 * 10^15 or 2.4 * 10^24 (depending on what scale you are using) none of which is true here.
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Bitcoin isn't the only game in town, there are many other networks to be used with similar or higher functionality than bitcoin, depending on your needs.
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October 13, 2016, 08:33:58 AM |
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If BTC really dominates our world, will 2.4 quadrillion satoshis be enough for the blockchain functionality to run other applications ? What will happen when limit approaches?
the maximum amount of bitcoin that will exist eventually will be 21 million bitcoin which you can multiply by 10^8 to get the satoshi equivalent which you can never get 2.4 !! so we will have 2.1*10^14 2.4 quadrillion is 2.4 * 10^15 or 2.4 * 10^24 (depending on what scale you are using) none of which is true here. Let's just call it a draw. 21 million BTC is is 2.1x10 15 satoshis, not 2.4x10 15 or 2.1x10 14
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October 13, 2016, 08:38:08 AM |
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Nothing is ever enough for people who are greedy. Do u not see so many other alt coin with much potential. People need to stop fixiated on bitcoin.. i feel its high time now
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October 13, 2016, 05:26:26 PM |
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If BTC really dominates our world, will 2.1 quadrillion satoshis be enough for the blockchain functionality to run other applications?
Probably. If not, then either the program will be changed to allow smaller increments (nano-bitcoins? pico-bitcoins?), or services will be created for off-chain transactions. (I'm not sure, but I think that the new side-chain concept that SegWit makes possible might also be a solution?) What will happen when limit approaches?
What limit?
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October 13, 2016, 07:09:43 PM |
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According to a three year old research paper of Swiss bank Credit Suisse, the world's wealth is 241 trillion $ in total. It includes everything. Therefore the Satoshis are by far sufficient.
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October 13, 2016, 07:20:27 PM |
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If it would ever become problematic, solutions would easily be implemented. You can think of stuff like:
Adding an additional 0, giving 10 times more satoshis Using an altcoin to do the micro transactions
And probably a lot more. Just because it is currently a hard limit, it does not mean it will stay like that if the need changes.
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October 14, 2016, 08:40:29 AM |
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If it would ever become problematic, solutions would easily be implemented. You can think of stuff like:
Adding an additional 0, giving 10 times more satoshis Using an altcoin to do the micro transactions
And probably a lot more. Just because it is currently a hard limit, it does not mean it will stay like that if the need changes.
Block size shouldn't also be an issue because it's easy to change but it got bitcoin development hijacked and major developers pushed away, the number of decimal places may be a major problem in the future.
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October 14, 2016, 10:42:02 PM |
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Thank you all. You have given me plenty to think about. Sorry about 2.4 typo.
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October 14, 2016, 11:00:28 PM |
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Yes, and if not break Satoshis down more. Maybe a millisatoshi will be a unit of bitcoin in our lifetime. It will be coded in if it's ever a need, but that would mean most of the world uses bitcoin and currently with us capped at 1mb/block it's not going to happen anytime soon.
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October 14, 2016, 11:11:40 PM |
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What limits are we talking about, 21million BTC are enough now (even though this target hasn't been reached. If more people buy bitcoin then tje value of satoshi will be much higher.
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October 15, 2016, 12:22:43 AM |
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Why are we worrying about it now? No one who is alive at this moment won't be here to see how the last bitcoin will be mined anyway.
Like some of you said before, there is no problem with "bitcoin limits" because bitcoin is not finished product, it can be upgraded, can evolve and will change if we ever need it to.
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October 15, 2016, 07:24:21 AM |
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Bitcoin isn't the only game in town, there are many other networks to be used with similar or higher functionality than bitcoin, depending on your needs.
where can we learn about all the other coin functionalities and is there really a use of all these currencies in the market. it looks like majority of the coins are just ponzi coins just to make some money for the devs. people do claim bitcoin to be big ponzi scheme which will burst at a later time,can someone explain what will happen when the last block is mined,people wont get new coins then what do you think all the coins in existence will have a higher value,i highly doubt about that possibility
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October 15, 2016, 02:17:38 PM |
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2.4 Quadrillion Satoshis? you may be better off quoting in Bits ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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October 17, 2016, 03:29:12 AM |
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If BTC really dominates our world, will 2.4 quadrillion satoshis be enough for the blockchain functionality to run other applications ? What will happen when limit approaches?
I think this can be changed through a fork later on if it's needed. And there are less and less BTC each day because people lose their coins.
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October 18, 2016, 06:45:48 PM |
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If BTC really dominates our world, will 2.4 quadrillion satoshis be enough for the blockchain functionality to run other applications ? What will happen when limit approaches?
I think this can be changed through a fork later on if it's needed. And there are less and less BTC each day because people lose their coins. You are going to have a hard time convincing people in this community to do that. They cannot even decide on big or small blocks as it stands now. We will just have to hope that Side chains will reduce the need for more coins. People will also not just use Bitcoin, there are about 800+ Alt coins out there... and the banks have not even started with their Blockchain based technologies yet. ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
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October 20, 2016, 05:27:17 PM |
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It would be enough I believe to run as a globally recognised currency. Whether 'the only' global currency is possible I doubt it. We won't see that in our lifetime any way even if it does eventually happen.
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October 20, 2016, 08:56:20 PM |
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If BTC really dominates our world, will 2.4 quadrillion satoshis be enough for the blockchain functionality to run other applications ? What will happen when limit approaches?
I think this can be changed through a fork later on if it's needed. And there are less and less BTC each day because people lose their coins. You are going to have a hard time convincing people in this community to do that. They cannot even decide on big or small blocks as it stands now. We will just have to hope that Side chains will reduce the need for more coins. People will also not just use Bitcoin, there are about 800+ Alt coins out there... and the banks have not even started with their Blockchain based technologies yet. ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif) If we ever get to the point where the value of 1 satoshi is too high, then there can always be a side chain with a token whose value is pegged to a fraction of a satoshi -- 1/1000th of a satoshi, for example.
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