Coins become lost when the private keys to them aren't stored anywhere, and nobody is holding them. So though the coins never really disappear, they can't be moved anywhere, because no one has the private keys required to move them.
Can't the private keys be cracked the same way they are discovering new coins?
Have they invented -illion words for how much that is?
115 quattuorvigintillion, 792 trevigintillion, 89 duovigintillion, 237 unvigintillion, 316 vigintillion, 195 novemdecillion, 423 octodecillion, 570 septendecillion, 985 sexdecillion, 8 quindecillion, 687 quattuordecillion, 907 tredecillion, 853 duodecillion, 269 undecillion, 984 decillion, 665 nonillion, 640 octillion, 564 septillion, 39 sextillion, 457 quintillion, 584 quadrillion, 7 trillion, 913 billion, 129 million, 639 thousand and 936
