[Eddy_Viscosity2]

The purpose is to have a bag-holder with deep enough pockets to absorb any selling pressure by the whales who own substantial crypto holdings. That's it. That's the whole reason.

[stogot]

Isn’t that provided by satoshi, the dead and those who lost their hard drives?

[3np]

Only for as long as those coins are (presumably by your comment incorrectly) considered part of the market.