[physics137]

Total number of bitcoins (at t = infinity) is a conserved quantity. Do you think this sort of analysis applies to cryptocurrencies?

[qubex]

I’d say it proves that cryptocurrencies that do not allow fractional reserve banking are just rehashes (no pun intended) of old & discredited bimetallic/gold standard/specie/mercantilist ways of thinking.

[malaya_zemlya]

at t -> infinity, the total amount of bitcoins in circulation tends to 0 because there is always a positive probability to lose any private key.

[qubex]

Good point.