Data: Up to 37% of circulating Bitcoin may have been permanently lost.

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Golden Finance reports that although Bitcoin has a fixed cap of 21 million coins, aimed at combating fiat inflation and simulating the scarcity of gold, a large number of permanently lost Bitcoins have further tightened the supply. On-chain analysis estimates that approximately 2.3 million to a staggering 7.8 million Bitcoins (about 11%—37% of the total supply) may have permanently disappeared, trapped in lost wallets, forgotten private keys, or abandoned addresses due to accidental death. These "zombie coins" or "ghost coins" effectively reduce the circulating supply of Bitcoin from the current 19.9 million to just between 12.1 million and 17.6 million.

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GateUser-a0e7250bvip
· 09-08 06:58
Every day there is useful information! It's all garbage!
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C890vip
· 09-08 06:31
but price still not up
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