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Re: Questions about The White Papers
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eyci
on 04/02/2013, 04:29:46 UTC
Does that mean an infinite amount of numbers are added to the end of the coin? I doubt this to be true but why isn't it?

Coins are not directly represented in the system - instead what is stored is the chain of transactions beginning from newly mined coins up until the present, so yes in a sense this transaction record (blockchain) goes on indefinitely, and from this your wallet balance is determined. Currently the blockchain is about 4.5 GB and growing. You can see a lot of statistics at blockchain.info.