Saturation?

[JDJeep98]

I think the bitcoin concept is a brilliant solution to a series of very real issues.
I just don't understand how a cyber coinage system can become viable across the world when it is limited to 21 million base units!
Thoughts?

[1714292559]

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[markm]

Add eight zeros onto that number. Its base units are eight decimals smaller than what is currently, and seemingly to-you-misleadingly, being referred to as bitcoins.

-MarkM-

[sammoocow]

It is divisible to 8 decimals, so that's actually 2,100,000,000,000,000 base units.

EDIT: got beat to it

[flug]

It is divisible to 8 decimals, so that's actually 2,100,000,000,000,000 base units.

To put this in context the US national debt is currently 1,400,000,000,000,000 cents, which is almost as much as 2,100,000,000,000,000

[kjj]

We will have changed from 64 to 128 bit floats for technical reasons LONG before any need to do it for economic reasons.