it will be 21 million minus the bitcoins lost in wallets, which according to studies, is almost 4 million lost coins. This value will probably increase significantly as the year goes on.
and along it so is the price of Bitcoin since as more Bitcoin is lost there will be less Bitcoin in circulation which will make it more scarce in the process(or at least that is what is supposed to happen)What could happen to these lost bitcoins? Will they continue to be lost in "limbo"
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yeah, that's basically it. no one has access to them so they cannot be spent.