BTC logo
BTC
$110,144.03
0.82%
ETH logo
ETH
$3,983.00
0.67%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0005
0.05%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,174.00
0.20%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.4207
1.82%
SOL logo
SOL
$194.53
2.75%
USDC logo
USDC
$1.0001
0.00%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3212
1.95%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1968
1.81%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6695
1.71%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$38.11
2.38%
LINK logo
LINK
$18.15
1.25%
USDE logo
USDE
$0.9996
0.09%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3249
1.95%
BCH logo
BCH
$519.64
1.49%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.6570
5.89%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$21.87
0.99%
WBT logo
WBT
$41.87
1.34%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6381
0.08%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1800
2.27%
BTC logo
BTC
$110,144.03
0.82%
ETH logo
ETH
$3,983.00
0.67%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0005
0.05%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,174.00
0.20%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.4207
1.82%
SOL logo
SOL
$194.53
2.75%
USDC logo
USDC
$1.0001
0.00%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3212
1.95%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1968
1.81%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6695
1.71%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$38.11
2.38%
LINK logo
LINK
$18.15
1.25%
USDE logo
USDE
$0.9996
0.09%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3249
1.95%
BCH logo
BCH
$519.64
1.49%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.6570
5.89%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$21.87
0.99%
WBT logo
WBT
$41.87
1.34%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6381
0.08%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1800
2.27%
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Blockchain Bites: Satoshi's Sword of Damocles

Yesterday 50 BTC moved from a long-dormant wallet. Today we look at a theory rethinking bitcoin's total supply.

By Daniel Kuhn
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 8:44 a.m. Published May 21, 2020, 5:22 p.m.
"Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4)" (Credit: Robert Thew/The Metropolitan Museum of Art, licensed under CC0 1.0)
"Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4)" (Credit: Robert Thew/The Metropolitan Museum of Art, licensed under CC0 1.0)