Footing the current price of the market the 10BTC is not even a million dollars and speaking of some Bitcoin millionaire lurking around the forum or once make a contribution in the forum at some point, I believe there are some Bitcoin millionaires among the wall observer poster cause they seems to be serious investors.
Why would anybody feel the need to donate to this forum? I am happy for those that want to donate but right now 1 BTC = $56,000 so no matter how many BTC somebody has what would be their logic for donating to this forum or any other forum? What would they achieve and what would the forum treasurers do with those funds? There was a time when donations were asked for and donations maybe were needed but when I look at benefits of donating versus not donating - there is not much reason for anybody to donate.
Agreed 100%. I can't find the reference I read recently, but an analysis was done and it found that 95% of all bitcoins are controlled by the top 2% of the account holders/users.
Meaning:
18.5 Million Coins Currently Mined - (20% lost BTC forever/lost wallets/dead wallets) = 14.8 Million BTC Likely Left in Circulation * 0.95% = 14.06 Million BTC are held by the top 2% of bitcoin users/holders.
Leaving only BTC740,000 distributed amongst the other 98% of ALL Bitcoin users/holders.
Hard to fathom quite frankly... but it makes sense.
When I started mining BTC in 2014, we started with 26 Antminer S3 units and were making roughly BTC0.50 a day on Slush's Pool in BTC earnings.
But, that was when BTC bounced from $600-$90-$1000 for quite a long time on a bumpy trading pattern, but very cheap. So BTC0.50 / day when it was valued at $200 wasn't a big thing... but we were in it for the marathon.
Cheers!
Strato
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoins-2021-rally-is-minting-thousands-of-crypto-diamond-hands-millionaires-11614200303There are many websites out there showing how many USD$ millionaires Bitcoin has created but no website can actually show how many BTC have been lost. There is no way to calculate the number of dead wallets even though many of them hold lots of BTC and have been dormant for years, they could belong to investors just waiting.
I am not so sure about the figures you stated about 740,000 BTC being distributed between 98% of remaining Bitcoin users. These are all based on estimates that can be refuted by alternative estimates.