How did Satoshi chose the 21M limit for #Bitcoin?
He reveals in an email with Martti Malmi aka Sirius that it was an educated guess.
He wanted to pick a number and issuing schedule that would work if Bitcoin would become mainstream but also if it stayed niche.
Sirius shared a bunch of the private conversations he had with Satoshi. Can be found here:
Satoshi is a hero
Deep thinker, that one.
more details on this and other choices by Satoshi for Bitcoin here: https://medium.com/@Fiach_dubh/1-99-billion-bitcoin-not-21-million-fad9f5550659
Satoshi's vision to move the decimal place to whatever is equal to around 1 Euro confirmed! lol
-- Stereotypical BSVer?
wat?
Exactly