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Original date posted:2011-07-13
šļø Summary of this message: A debate over the arbitrary nature of the constant value of 21 million in Bitcoin's code, which represents the maximum number of coins that can be mined.
š Original message:On Wednesday 13 July 2011 19:37:57 Luke-Jr wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:04:09 AM Andy Parkins wrote:
> > TCoinsElement MAX_MONEY;
>
> This isn't an arbitrary constant, it's the result of a calculation...
Don't tell me:
bitcoin/src/main.h:41
static const int64 MAX_MONEY = 21000000 * COIN
21,000,000 seems pretty arbitrary to me.
--
Dr Andy Parkins
andyparkins at gmail.com
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2023-06-07 02:05:09
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Original date posted:2011-07-13\nšļø Summary of this message: A debate over the arbitrary nature of the constant value of 21 million in Bitcoin's code, which represents the maximum number of coins that can be mined.\nš Original message:On Wednesday 13 July 2011 19:37:57 Luke-Jr wrote:\n\u003e On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:04:09 AM Andy Parkins wrote:\n\u003e \u003e \tTCoinsElement MAX_MONEY;\n\u003e \n\u003e This isn't an arbitrary constant, it's the result of a calculation...\n\nDon't tell me:\n\nbitcoin/src/main.h:41\nstatic const int64 MAX_MONEY = 21000000 * COIN\n\n21,000,000 seems pretty arbitrary to me.\n\n\n-- \nDr Andy Parkins\nandyparkins at gmail.com",
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