The total amount of bitcoin is hardcoded to be less than 21 million BTC . . .
FTFY
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I was wondering when you would show up to correct all those wrong answers
to "defend" my own post:
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The total amount of bitcoin is hardcoded to be 21 million BTC at max.
The hardcoded limit is defined [1] as exactly 21 million in MAX_MONEY. While -due to the nature of the halfing- this might never be reached, its still the limit. Thus my wording of "almost" 21 million in the next sentence.
[1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/2e731f24b5a5c894e013a6d752f1cd409303e916/src/core.h#L21