Quote from: kyman1 on August 04, 2025, 11:38:53 AM

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That's a bit too much do you calculate how much it needs market cap to be worth $100M per coin? Only after 100+ years maybe

Honestly, market cap for Bitcoin is kinda irrelevant down the line. People keep quoting this number like it means something, but, does it really? They forget that, over time, less and less Bitcoin is actually out there in circulation. Coins get lost, private keys lost or forgotten, folks die and just… poof, those coins are gone for good. No magic "restore" button. So the "real" supply is shrinking, not growing.

And yeah, I get it - saying Bitcoin could hit $100 million per coin sounds nuts right now. But is it, though? The market cap is all built on the idea that every single coin is still in play, when in reality, a fat chunk of that stash is lost forever. Some people estimate we are talking millions of coins already missing. thats a massive hole in the supply side. And guess what? That number will only go up over time.

So, weve got this deflationary thing happening - Bitcoin actually gets more scarce. Compare that to the traditional financial system, where the supply is always ballooning and your money buys less every year (thanks for nothing, inflation). Bitcoin flips the script: 21 million coins, max, and the real number is even lower because of all the lost ones. Scarcity is the whole game here.

So, as more people and companies pile in, and the supply keeps trickling down, what do you think happens to the price? This isnt just about Bitcoin being a currency or a digital gold - its about how rare it is. Thats why the market cap metric kinda misses the point.