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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Can Satoshi Nakamoto remove the 21 million BTC limit?
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Z_MBFM
on 20/01/2024, 06:41:08 UTC
Speaking in Davos on Wednesday, JPMorgan CEO and also a well-known bitcoin critic Jamie Dimon made a suggestion that Satoshi Nakamoto might lift the limit on the number of bitcoins, which as we know is 21 million BTC. How would you comment on such a statement?

Referring to the limited supply of Bitcoin, which is to mirror the properties of gold, Dimon said he doubted the finality of the 21 million Bitcoin supply maximum, saying: "I think there's a good chance, when we get to that 20 million bitcoins...Satashi [sic] is going to come on there, laugh hysterically, go quiet, and all Bitcoins [are] going to be erased. How the hell [do] you know it’s going to stop at 21?"
Bitcoin is fully decentralized and it is fundamentally created so that only 21 million Bitcoins will ever be created.  I don't know if this is possible and on the other hand if the person or group named Sotoshi is still alive.  And do they have the ability to edit Bitcoin since it is built to be decentralized.  And all Bitcoin users know that the supply of Bitcoin is limited, so if the limit is increased, it is a big question whether people will have such confidence in Bitcoin.
I agree with one of your statements that if the Bitcoin supply limit is increased then many people will lose faith in Bitcoin.  Because people are more attracted to Bitcoin because of its limited supply limit and its popularity, many people hold Bitcoin in the belief that the price of Bitcoin will increase a lot in the future. So if it is now announced that the supply limit of Bitcoin has been increased then people's confidence in Bitcoin will go away. So I don't agree with increasing the supply of Bitcoin either. It should remain as it is so that Bitcoin does not lose its value