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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Does loss of BTC affects total amount of BTC in total supply.
by
Davidvictorson
on 12/04/2023, 17:45:10 UTC
Question:
I have read few posts of persons talking about losing their wallet's containing BTC and couldn't recover it at all. Hence, as people keep losing their BTC due to loss of wallet seed phrase, can it affect or cause a decline in BTC supply entirely?
There are only 21 million bitcoins in the world. It is finite. Its supply is limited. If people keep losing their BTC due to loss of wallet seed phrase there will definitely be a decline in supply unless in the case where they can be recovered. For example, a person who dies and didn't tell his family members that he has bitcoins or the recovery phrase. The bitcoins is lost forever and the amount in circulation declines. Although, in my estimation, the effect will be infinitesimal. So, there is nothing to be perturbed about.