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by Hjfrf 1580 days ago
I got 17bn, but with constantly changing prices a rough figure is fine.

Here's the previous day's block reward and current price. https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/

The other thing about mining is the their costs are in hard currency, so there's not much opportunity to "hodl".

Those mined coins need to be sold once the electricity bill is due, so to maintain a stable price bitcoin needs an ongoing net dollar investment proportionate to the current price (taking halvings into account).