What happens when there is no more Bitcoin available to buy?

[Botnake]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

There are two types of people in the market, the buyers and the sellers. There won’t be buyers if some hodlers won’t decide to sell, as well as there won’t be sellers if there are no buyers in the market. So they simply complement each other to create a healthy and sustainable market.

What you are saying here is very impossible, yes bitcoin is limited but it will never reach to the point that there’ll be no bitcoin available to buy.

[uefbv]

I'm correcting you because it won't be in 2100 but in 2140 when the last bitcoin will be mined, but as you rightly say, by then we'll all probably be dead, and I'm not going to worry about what happens long after I die.

The OP could also be referring to this happening before that date due to insufficient supply, with many HODLers unwilling to sell, but this would be solved with price increases.

I don't live long till either 2100 or 2140 and those years are not in my mind at all.

With what Bitcoin is designed and its growth since 2009 as well as solid foundations it has, I believe that its adoption, value and price will continue rising. This is what I know, hopefully it will not be incorrectly, and with which I have strong belief in Bitcoin future so I decided to invest my money in Bitcoin for long term accumulation and investment.

As said I won't live till 2100 or 2140 so my investment plan is not for such years and next 3 or 4 market cycles are my target time to take profit and retire with financial freedom.

Yeah, why think so much? I won't live that long. I can tell at first glance that you live in the present moment.

[tottong]

There are two types of people in the market, the buyers and the sellers. There won’t be buyers if some hodlers won’t decide to sell, as well as there won’t be sellers if there are no buyers in the market. So they simply complement each other to create a healthy and sustainable market.

What you are saying here is very impossible, yes bitcoin is limited but it will never reach to the point that there’ll be no bitcoin available to buy.

Essentially price increases are influenced by the level of buying and selling, so this issue can be resolved.
Bitcoin is indeed limited in supply, but that doesn't mean everyone will hold it and not sell it.
There are times when people sell to cash in profits, and on the other hand, there will be people who buy it to increase their asset holdings.
Supply and demand will always be the benchmark for a product's existence in the market, and its sustainability can be measured at a fundamental level based on the adoption and interest of the majority of people currently.

[Umulala-alala]

There will always be bitcoin to buy unless bitcoin stops to be in existence some folks are still doubting bitcoin, some keep on procastinating when to start buying there is more bitcoin to buy we should focus on buying bitcoin and stop making some kind of imagination if bitcoin will be there or not in the future when you buy with your discretionary income you won't be long sad if bitcoin suddenly becoms unavailable.

[alani123]

In a scenario that there's no bitcoin for sale but there's still demand, if no other variables were to change, then the price for demand would keep rising.

But in economics, the seteris paribus principle, meaning if all else remains as is, is just a hypothesis. In reality we can't have ideal conditions or other variables  remaining exactly the same when other things change.

So... If the prices to buy BTC based on demand keep going up, someone will be willing to sell at higher prices. This is how markets find their balance.

[FortuneFollower]

There will always be bitcoin to buy unless bitcoin stops to be in existence some folks are still doubting bitcoin, some keep on procastinating when to start buying there is more bitcoin to buy we should focus on buying bitcoin and stop making some kind of imagination if bitcoin will be there or not in the future when you buy with your discretionary income you won't be long sad if bitcoin suddenly becoms unavailable.

If not on CEXes, then it would happen on DEXes, if not there - then P2P.

The volume of buys and transactions would be just smaller

[kingstep]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

This can only happen if the sell option is disabled such that no one can sell his bitcoin but can only buy. if that happens then we can say that a poit can reach when all the 21 milion bitcoin that is in circulation can be completely bought. but such is just possible in theory, in reality, as more people are willing to keep buy, others are always ready to sell. that is why we have a lot of buys and sells via exchages everyday. the principle behind the circulation of every medium of exchage works such that just one million can continue to circulate among people without becoming scarce as long as people are ready to spend.

[Ucy]

When that happens, it makes Bitcoin very scarce... When something as valuable as Bitcoin becomes that scarce, demand will increase sharply and people will want to get it at a very high cost. There will be possible black marketers selling it at above 100% the current price. So that will be +$200,000

[moneystery]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

This means that the price of Bitcoin will rise significantly as more people become interested in buying, but at the same time, the supply is very limited.
However, we know that the last bitcoin can be mined in 2140, meaning there are still many years ahead for the bitcoin market... and we just don't know by then whether bitcoin will still be around as it is or whether it will have been replaced by a much more sophisticated system.

[m2017]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

Bitcoin will remain available and can be obtained for goods or services. Holders won't hold forever, right? Sooner or later, someone will want to spend their accumulated bitcoin.

But it seems to me that the scenario you voiced, when there will be no offers to sell on the "market", is unrealistic. Because the "cryptomarket" is heterogeneous and consists of many participants, where some buy and others sell. If bitcoin are bought up en masse (which will lead to a shortage), then this will raise the price, and when the price rises sharply, there will be those willing to make a big profit from selling bitcoin. I want to say that on the cryptomarket, as on any market, there are always buying and selling processes that are invariable without each other, and if one of the processes "disappears", then this will be a step towards the collapse of the entire market.

[Man of peace]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?
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Well I don't think something like this will happen because the more people accumulating the Bitcoin,so others are selling because everybody with his or her own reasonable reason why he or she sells or buy,so I don't think that people will ever stop buying or selling..

But if it eventually happens ,the price of 1btc will be unbelievable and no ordinary Man or woman will ever afford to buy it, and it will make the rich to continue getting rich and poor will continue getting pooier.

[Ishicryptic]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

I don't think that what you are speculating can happen because millions of people will hold Bitcoin and somebody somewhere will always have the need to sell so the theory is not practicable. But assuming most holders are not willing to sell what will happen is that demand will be very high and it will make price to continuously skyrocket. As a lot of buyers are chasing the very few Bitcoin that is in supply we will continue to see more ATH, I believe that this is the reason why whales like Michael Saylor, are scooping as many Bitcoin as they can to increase their stash.

[Cryptohygenic]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

There are two types of people in the market, the buyers and the sellers. There won’t be buyers if some hodlers won’t decide to sell, as well as there won’t be sellers if there are no buyers in the market. So they simply complement each other to create a healthy and sustainable market.

What you are saying here is very impossible, yes bitcoin is limited but it will never reach to the point that there’ll be no bitcoin available to buy.

Giving more emphasis to what you have said, the bitcoin market is like the stock market where earlier buyers of products buys cheat with competitiveness of suppliers but when supplies has become low, it's assumed that we are running out of stocks therefore is when inflation comes where demands becomes so high.
This applicable in bitcoin is how the price has come to this peak today due to its scarcity on the limited supplies.
But in this case, investment sentiments is real to where individuals have their own way of profiting of which there are regular traders, the short term and the long term investors who'd at any point of time sell their bitcoin. 24/7 there'll be always those to tell and those to buy. Although in a matter of time It might be a watch back of the aggressive traders when volatility will become very low off the benefits of traders while price would become more high due to redundancy on supplies (sellers) not making good or enough profits in the short term.

[Zoomic]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

There will never be a time when there will be no more bitcoin to buy, Never!
This because bitcoin respects the demand and supply law.
So, if there are more buyers, the price will tend to be going upwards and those who bought at lower prices that needs money will be happy to sell. There must always be buying and selling as long as we humans remain insertiable.

[hero_the_bossman]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

There will never be a time when there will be no more bitcoin to buy, Never!
This because bitcoin respects the demand and supply law.
So, if there are more buyers, the price will tend to be going upwards and those who bought at lower prices that needs money will be happy to sell. There must always be buying and selling as long as we humans remain insertiable.

The market knows what is better for itself, more than anyone, in fact, any suits or retailer

[GeorgeJohn]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

First thing to correct is that there will never come a time when there will be no Bitcoin to buy. Bitcoin is an asset with the highest liquidity in the market so there will always be buyers and sellers. What can only happen is that the demand will outweigh the supply and this will lead to exponential rise in price.

that is a good answer from my own perspective,  they will not be anytime that bitcoin will it be scarce to buy or bitcoin will be unavailable to buy provided that miners of Bitcoin is in existence I don't think that bitcoin will be having a shortage to buy, from what I've observed since bitcoin is being established I don't think the the powers supply of Bitcoin can collapse at any time and then when such thing a virtually happen that will be the end of Bitcoin, because many people will lose a trust in Bitcoin but let us have it in mind that there is no time that someone will look for bitcoin to buy that bitcoin will be unavailable to buy.

[Nothingtodo]

With so many people around the world buying Bitcoin, it’s like a city’s power supply system suddenly collapsing. I can’t imagine it. What do you think?

This is what will happen one day, especially if all the Bitcoin gets trapped under them, especially with the way large institutions are increasing their strategic reserves of Bitcoin, then there may be nothing left to sell Bitcoin. Then Bitcoin will become a centralized currency rather than a decentralized currency. Such a situation may not be possible because no matter how much the strategic reserve is increased, the market will continue to sell because those who are holding will sell when they get a profit. On the other hand, if they do not sell, then the trading volume will decrease, which may have a somewhat negative impact on marketing.

[famososMuertos]

OP:

Because you limit yourself with the fabricated thought of misfortune, of the impossible.

You believe it's possible to shut down Bitcoin like someone flipping an open/closed sign.

[uefbv]

When that happens, it makes Bitcoin very scarce... When something as valuable as Bitcoin becomes that scarce, demand will increase sharply and people will want to get it at a very high cost. There will be possible black marketers selling it at above 100% the current price. So that will be +$200,000

I think the situation you described is also actual in today's society, and there are also unscrupulous businesspeople.

[passwordnow]

I think the situation you described is also actual in today's society, and there are also unscrupulous businesspeople.

And we're all part of that business and that's why you're also curious with these questions that you have raised if ever there is no Bitcoin left to mine. But as said, the miners will continue to mine regardless of there is left or none anymore because the fees that we pay goes to them and that's how they're paid to keep the network safe and sound. Also, we won't live that long if all the bitcoin's supply will be mined so, you have nothing to worry about that and only worry of how much you're accumulating.