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		foobarbecue on Sept 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin is not a store of value It never stops, it just starts awarding them slower and slower as mining difficulty increases. So, the total approaches an asymptote.

tromp on Sept 19, 2022 | [–]

> slower and slower as mining difficulty increases

That makes no sense. The entire point of difficulty adjustments is to keep a constant average blocktime.

etchalon on Sept 19, 2022 | [–]

It stops. We can predict when it will stop.

foobarbecue on Sept 19, 2022 | [–]

Upon reading more I see you're right. I might have been getting blockchains mixed up.

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