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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @chungkingexpress 5 Apr 2023 \ parent \ on: Which BIP has been the most important on Bitcoin? Why? bitcoin
Wait, what? Satoshi originally programmed for unlimited coins?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Murch 6 Apr 2023
Yeah, the halving was implemented as a bitshift that would happen every 210,000 blocks, but after 64 shifts, it would start over and issue a whole ’nother 21M coins—every ~256 years. Now it stops after one issuance. ;)
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @2a3dex5 7 Apr 2023
TIL about that. Nice to know, good BIP too.
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