Quote from: djmcg on June 10, 2021, 07:36:09 AM

Hello

The current number of bitcoins generated today is about 18730000 . I wonder how much of it has been completely lost,
I mean mostly bitcoin which were not transferred for example 10 or 8 may be 6 years.
I am also sure that many people have lost their private keys to their wallets and also do not have access to them.
Can you please suggest or refer me to some site what percentage value we can assume how much of the 18M is currently in circulation Huh

I once read a site that stated, "Nearly 4 Million Bitcoins Have Been Lost Forever, According to New Research." According to fresh analysis from Chainalysis, a digital forensics business that investigates the bitcoin blockchain, 3.79 million bitcoins have already vanished—and 2.78 million according to a conservative estimate.Those figures imply that between 17 and 23 percent of existing bitcoins, which are currently valued at roughly $8,500 each, will be lost.