[bingobangobongo]

> The market capitalization is only 500 million dollars.

Emphasis mine. That seems crazy high. How many million dollars would you pay for all of the existing bit coins?

[eru]

That's somewhat of a silly question for bitcoins, since the value would change after that transaction.

For stock market valuations, though, that question is much more productive.

[gwern]

(You can't pay any million dollars for all bitcoins because unknown scores of thousands have been lost or otherwise become inaccessible.)