0 sats \ 0 replies \ @richnost 7 Apr 2023 \ parent \ on: Can someone explain the background to BIP42 please? (21 million fixed supply) bitcoin
The bug and the fix was real. It addressed a scenario where the emission rate would reset back to 50 cyclically after 64 halvings. The BIP was an April Fool's Day joke that ascribed certain goofy ideas to Satoshi that are not corroborated by anything he ever said.