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

[fuguebtc]

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?

The sole purpose of all of us and the institutions investing money in bitcoin is to make a profit, not to accumulate it and treat it as something so important that it will never be sold. Organizations like MicroStrategy are constantly accumulating bitcoin, which doesn't mean they will only buy and never sell. There will come a time when they sell them all and there will always be other organizations buying them, and this will keep repeating, because that's how they grow their assets.

Bitcoin is just a financial market, and financial markets are made up of speculators and gamblers, not just long term holders in the market. So there will never be a situation where there are no more bitcoins to buy.

[AmaGold70]

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?

The market consist of buying and selling, and as long as Bitcoin remains an assets that we invest in to make profit on the long run there will always be Bitcoin to buy. After holding on the long run wouldn't you want to sell and make profit? Bitcoin isn't something that you hold forever because what's the purpose of buying something as an investment if you won't sell it to another buying and make your profit? Don't think about it too much @OP because it's impossible for Bitcoin not to be available.

[adaseb]

This has been brought up many times in the past. And you need to understand for every bitcoin holder there is always a price they will be willing to sell. The market will keep going higher and higher until that price is met. There will always be sellers.

Price goes up when there is more demand than supply. Same goes vice versa. This is how the open markets work. If there are less willing sellers at a particular price but still a huge demand of buyers then price will go up even faster and higher. But it will meet an area of supply, always does.

[Outhue]

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?

So many people with so many different reasons and ideas, right? It's very clear that some people will be selling for their own reasons and some people will be buying, it's never going to end, I would only worry if all available bifcoin is distributed between 100 people in the world. Once the number is distributed over millions of people around the world there is nothing to worry about.

Still confused? It's like saying no one will take profit when Bitcoin reach a new ATH, this is impossible, some will take profit while others will roudtrip and hold for longer time, some people are fine trading Bitcoin on exchange as their source of making side money.

[uefbv]

This has been brought up many times in the past. And you need to understand for every bitcoin holder there is always a price they will be willing to sell. The market will keep going higher and higher until that price is met. There will always be sellers.

Price goes up when there is more demand than supply. Same goes vice versa. This is how the open markets work. If there are less willing sellers at a particular price but still a huge demand of buyers then price will go up even faster and higher. But it will meet an area of supply, always does.

It is like a necessity in our life, indispensable, right?

[Bigjoe33]

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?

The sole purpose of all of us and the institutions investing money in bitcoin is to make a profit, not to accumulate it and treat it as something so important that it will never be sold. Organizations like MicroStrategy are constantly accumulating bitcoin, which doesn't mean they will only buy and never sell. There will come a time when they sell them all and there will always be other organizations buying them, and this will keep repeating, because that's how they grow their assets.

Bitcoin is just a financial market, and financial markets are made up of speculators and gamblers, not just long term holders in the market. So there will never be a situation where there are no more bitcoins to buy.

Even if individuals or organisations who are accumulating Bitcoin now start treating Bitcoin as a means of exchange, like buying things with it totally and not merely buying to stock and later sell to make profits, Bitcoin will still remain valuable and a much needed commodity in the society just like fiat currencies all over the world. Because for you to get anything or complete a transaction, you will be needing Bitcoin. So Bitcoin relevancy will remain.  Wether we to stuck and re sell later on for income, or wether we trade with it, that's buying and selling with it, Bitcoin will always be needed.

So let's thinks of accumulation now. About what it will become in the nearest future, I believe it will remain valuable and much more relevant still

[Floxynice]

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?

One thing I love about this forum is that people usually express their fears here and get the clarity they need immediately. @op, buying and selling of bitcoin will never stop. Maybe you meant to talk about bitcoin mining which will definitely come to an end one day. Even when that happens, Bitcoin is still not going to collapse. Bitcoin isn't going to vanish, bitcoin will be in the possession of people who would buy and sell amongst themselves. Yea, the price will become very high at that point.

[LDL]

How is this possible when all the Bitcoins in the world are held by someone? That is, if the richest people in the world buy and hold all the Bitcoins and no one sells any Bitcoin, then it might be possible. Moreover, even if all Bitcoins are mined, the amount of Bitcoins still held by people will cause one class of holders to sell Bitcoins and another class of holders to buy Bitcoins, and thus the system will continue in a continuous cycle. Once Bitcoin buying and selling stops, Bitcoin will have no value, meaning trading volume will definitely remain.

[Hamza2424]

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?

That will never happen bro see people buy and sell Bitcoin every day, every second why? They are trading, making profit and loss, they will not hold it under any condition because they are scalpers, traders etc. Only holders will hold Bitcoin for years but eventually they will sell too. So this will never be the case that we see bitcoin sitting free there.

But when the demand will be high and holders will be more then we can see the impact on the price, btc price will be shooting and buyers would be increasing their rates just to get more bitcoins and this will be the golden time for every bitcoin holder and whales will start to sell because they do that always.

[Patikno]

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?

Basically, everything that is still useful in this world, even expensive items still has a high possibility of being traded, namely buying and selling. Therefore, we can conclude that there is no reason as you stated, because we know that Bitcoin is still needed and required by people for various purposes, including there will always be people selling and buying Bitcoin, so it will always be available to buy. So, the question is, is there a reason Bitcoin is not available to buy? Are there other useful items not available to buy? My answer is no, but perhaps someone has an answer to this.

[uefbv]

If that happens, we will see at least 2 interconnected market phenomena:

(1) Infinite Bid

As said by bros @mindrust, BTC price will sky rocket, bids will slowly increase over time, making BTC have infinite bids that are never executed by sellers. That is good because it shows strong consistency from BTC holders, but it also has negative effect on the last price recording & causes further phenomenon.

(2) Bitcoin Price Stagnates

Since no purchases were executed, there will be no purchase records that will form a new price on the charts & price curator platforms. If this phenomenon were to occur now, we would not officially see BTC reach $130,000.

Let's put all this theory to rest, because in fact there is always a need for liquidity, no one will hold it forever, until the time comes, people will sell the BTC they own. Well, except for Satoshi Nakamoto, maybe.

"Timing" is critical, but not everyone is smart enough to seize the opportunity. How should we seize the opportunity?

[sunsilk]

"Timing" is critical, but not everyone is smart enough to seize the opportunity. How should we seize the opportunity?

When you have that money, buy it quickly with Bitcoin and so you already have spent it for something good.

Because if you're not going to spend it right away, you might spend it to another thing where there is no growth or you'll just waste that money then.

So, that's how you seize the opportunity while it's there. Don't wait until tomorrow and buy that bitcoin because it's for your sake and advantage while many still don't have it.

[reagansimms]

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

If that happens, then the demand for Bitcoin will increase because there are no more Bitcoins available to buy, then this situation will create scarcity, just like antiques, the rarer and harder to get the item, the higher the price will be. Bitcoin transactions can still be carried out as usual even though there are no more Bitcoins available to buy, Bitcoin owners can still make transactions or trade them between individuals.
When that time comes, the Bitcoin network will likely remain stable because there are no significant changes to the Bitcoin protocol that could affect the network's stability, besides that time is still very long and I don't need to worry because when that time comes, those of us discussing here may no longer exist in this world.

[uefbv]

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.

Won’t the shortage of supply cause market chaos?

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

If that happens, then the demand for Bitcoin will increase because there are no more Bitcoins available to buy, then this situation will create scarcity, just like antiques, the rarer and harder to get the item, the higher the price will be. Bitcoin transactions can still be carried out as usual even though there are no more Bitcoins available to buy, Bitcoin owners can still make transactions or trade them between individuals.
When that time comes, the Bitcoin network will likely remain stable because there are no significant changes to the Bitcoin protocol that could affect the network's stability, besides that time is still very long and I don't need to worry because when that time comes, those of us discussing here may no longer exist in this world.

When supply and demand are out of balance, either supply exceeds demand, leading to scarcity and rising value, or demand is low, and Bitcoin's price remains stable. Is that true?

But you're right. Why think so far ahead? Our lives may not be that long.

How is this possible when all the Bitcoins in the world are held by someone? That is, if the richest people in the world buy and hold all the Bitcoins and no one sells any Bitcoin, then it might be possible. Moreover, even if all Bitcoins are mined, the amount of Bitcoins still held by people will cause one class of holders to sell Bitcoins and another class of holders to buy Bitcoins, and thus the system will continue in a continuous cycle. Once Bitcoin buying and selling stops, Bitcoin will have no value, meaning trading volume will definitely remain.

This means that without buying and selling, there will be no transactions, and Bitcoin will become increasingly scarce, right?

[icebar]

Since the supply is limited, it is natural that the demand for Bitcoin will increase. Those who have the opportunity to buy the amount of Bitcoin today will have limited opportunities in the future because the demand for Bitcoin will increase much more over time. Even if some people have the ability to buy a Bitcoin today, it may not be possible in the future. Since it is estimated that after the next 3-4 cycles, the value of each Bitcoin is likely to be 1 million or more. If those who can buy one Bitcoin at the moment delay, then it will be possible to buy not a Bitcoin but small fractions. There will always be buying and selling of Bitcoin, but bitcoin demand always increases. The more demand there is, the smaller fractions will be used to buy Bitcoin.

[Hazink]

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

If there is bitcoin available to sell, what exactly will someone be selling in the black market that will be priced up to $200k? Even if there are only a few people who have bitcoin available for sale and don't want to sell it in the crypto market, then $200k will be nothing compared to what they will be selling it for, since bitcoin is already above $100k now. If something like that wants to happen before it completely becomes scarce, the price will get to $200k itself.

[uefbv]

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?

Basically, everything that is still useful in this world, even expensive items still has a high possibility of being traded, namely buying and selling. Therefore, we can conclude that there is no reason as you stated, because we know that Bitcoin is still needed and required by people for various purposes, including there will always be people selling and buying Bitcoin, so it will always be available to buy. So, the question is, is there a reason Bitcoin is not available to buy? Are there other useful items not available to buy? My answer is no, but perhaps someone has an answer to this.

Is the allure of Bitcoin really that great?

Since the supply is limited, it is natural that the demand for Bitcoin will increase. Those who have the opportunity to buy the amount of Bitcoin today will have limited opportunities in the future because the demand for Bitcoin will increase much more over time. Even if some people have the ability to buy a Bitcoin today, it may not be possible in the future. Since it is estimated that after the next 3-4 cycles, the value of each Bitcoin is likely to be 1 million or more. If those who can buy one Bitcoin at the moment delay, then it will be possible to buy not a Bitcoin but small fractions. There will always be buying and selling of Bitcoin, but bitcoin demand always increases. The more demand there is, the smaller fractions will be used to buy Bitcoin.

Wow! Will it break a million? Do you think it will eventually reach a billion?

[CryptoYar]

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Yes Bitcoin market is mix of different players with different goals. Traders and scalpers constantly buy and sell to make quick profits and they look Bitcoin as tool for short term gains not long term hold.
But holders believe in Bitcoin future value and keep their coins for years even though they will eventually sell to cash in their profits. This combination of short term trading and long term holding keeps market active.
And you are right that when demand is high price rises creating golden time for holders. So constant give and take between these different groups ensures that Bitcoin is always being traded not just sitting idle.

[Hamza2424]

Yes Bitcoin market is mix of different players with different goals. Traders and scalpers constantly buy and sell to make quick profits and they look Bitcoin as tool for short term gains not long term hold.
But holders believe in Bitcoin future value and keep their coins for years even though they will eventually sell to cash in their profits. This combination of short term trading and long term holding keeps market active.
And you are right that when demand is high price rises creating golden time for holders. So constant give and take between these different groups ensures that Bitcoin is always being traded not just sitting idle.

You are right. There is a saying in our society that not all five fingers are equal so we can learn from that example although it is a metaphorical example to explain to someone the different kind of minds in the world. If a person starts his cryptocurrency journey from trading, the other starts by learning first. There are different behaviors of every single men and women.

Bitcoin, alts every single crypto has different demand by different kinds of people. Some want to hold BTC and some haven't even had bought BTC yet and they are in love with alts. They also plan to hold alts for the long term. They make more losses but they make more profit too. Everyone sees their own profits and losses according to the decisions they make.

[melinoe]

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Yes Bitcoin market is mix of different players with different goals. Traders and scalpers constantly buy and sell to make quick profits and they look Bitcoin as tool for short term gains not long term hold.
But holders believe in Bitcoin future value and keep their coins for years even though they will eventually sell to cash in their profits. This combination of short term trading and long term holding keeps market active.
And you are right that when demand is high price rises creating golden time for holders. So constant give and take between these different groups ensures that Bitcoin is always being traded not just sitting idle.

With only traders out there, the retailers wouldn't hodl as much BTC as they do.

Without traders, people wouldn't get the opportunity to get as much BTC as they can to trade back or hodl, so it's an eco that finds its own way, as on any market, really.