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There are only 21 million total bitcoins that can be mined, what will happen if all bitcoin is already mined?

once all 21 million have been mained, there will never be any new bitcoins (unless a change to the protocol is made to increase the supply).

And since the last coin will be mined about 2140, who the F cares 'what will happen'? You planning on being around then are ya? Wink

Most coins have already been mined though. There are already like 16 million in existence. Now we need to make Bitcoin more spendable, because at the moment it still can't be used to buy most things.

By the time that all of the coins are mined, nothing will change because by that time 1 bitcoin would either cost super high or nothing. If the coins price is already high by the time all of the coin was mined then transaction fees can compensate mining profit.