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Re: Now we have 750,000 less bitcoins in circulation ?
by
Peter R
on 01/03/2014, 07:39:45 UTC
750k is not inconceivable. What is inconceivable is that a significant portion of those "coins" were highly liquid. I agree that if the numbers are that high, it is largely in part due to the use of Gox as a web wallet. The fact that Gox was an exchange is not evidence in and of itself that all coins held there were readily available on the market. Just take a look at the order books -- it puts things in perspective.

If only a smaller fraction of these coins were liquid (say, 100k), then the remaining 650k were for holding, presumably using Gox as a wallet.  

Now these holders are no longer holding.  So I would imagine that some of them would purchase new coins to replace the ones they thought they had.  If we imagine that even 20% would be replaced with new purchases, then this represents an additional demand for 130k coins.  

Do you agree?