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HOW MANY BITCOINS ARE THERE?

19,825,731.25
Total BTC in Existence
1,174,268.8
Bitcoins Left to Be Mined
94.408%
% of Bitcoins Issued
450
New Bitcoins per Day



All data/stats on this page are real-time.


HOW MANY BITCOINS ARE THERE NOW IN CIRCULATION?



There are currently 19,825,731.25 bitcoins in existence. This number changes
about every 10 minutes when new blocks are mined.

The chart below shows the historical amount of bitcoins that existed by day:

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Table Of Contents
 * Bitcoins in Circulation
 * When Will Last BTC Be Mined?
 * How Many BTC Left to Mine?
 * How Many BTC Mined Per Day?
 * How Many Bitcoins Are Lost?
 * How Many BTC Will Be Created?

Total BTC in Existence 19,825,731.25 Bitcoins Left to Be Mined 1,174,268.8 % of
Bitcoins Issued 94.408% New Bitcoins per Day 900 Mined Bitcoin Blocks 862,117




HOW MANY BITCOINS WILL EVER BE CREATED?



The maximum and total amount of bitcoins that can ever exist is 21 million.


HOW MANY BITCOINS ARE LEFT TO BE MINED?



There are 1,174,268.8 bitcoins left to be mined. However, you can always buy
bitcoins from existing users on exchanges.

➤ MORE: How many bitcoin users are there?


IS THERE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF BITCOIN?



Yes, there are only about 19.1 million Bitcoin in existence. And there will only
ever be 21 million in the future.


HOW MANY BITCOINS ARE LOST?



There's no exact answer. One recent estimate is that about 3-4 million bitcoins
are lost forever.

➤ MORE: Bitcoin halving countdown

It is impossible to know an exact number since a lost Bitcoin looks exactly the
same on the blockchain as one that is not lost. We can make some educated
guesses based on how long a Bitcoin has sat in an addresses unmoved.

This study by Unchained Capital details how they estimate the amount of lost
bitcoins

We also have media reports of large wallets where the owner claims to have lost
the private key.

Stories like these are common and by knowing about them we can keep an informal
minimum tally on lost coins

The truth is, no Bitcoin is really "lost" as much as it is permanently locked
away. We know where all the Bitcoins are. When we say a coin is "lost", it is
sort of like saying someone locked the coin in a box and lost the key to the
box. And this box is impossible to open without the key.


HOW MANY BITCOINS ARE MINED EVERYDAY?



144 blocks per day are mined on average, and there are 6.25 bitcoins per block.
144 x 6.25 is 900, so that's the average amount of new bitcoins mined per day.

Mining is the method through which Bitcoin is secured

Because many miners are adding new hash power, over the last few years blocks
have often been found at 9.5 minute intervals rather than 10. This creates new
bitcoins faster, so on most days there are actually more than 900 new bitcoins
created.


HOW MANY BITCOINS HAVE BEEN MINED ALREADY?



Since bitcoins can only be created by being mined, all the bitcoins in existence
are all bitcoins that have been mined. The total is 19,825,731.25 BTC.

➤ MORE: Bitcoins held by public companies


HOW MANY BITCOIN BLOCKS ARE THERE TODAY?



There have been 862,117 blocks mined.


HOW MANY BITCOINS DOES SATOSHI HAVE?



Some estimate Satoshi has around 1,000,000 bitcoins (BTC). This number is
heavily debated, though, as some claim he has around 300,000 BTC.


HOW MANY BITCOIN HAVE BEEN STOLEN?



It's unclear exactly how many bitcoins have been stolen.

850,000 BTC were stolen in the Mt. Gox hack, which was the largest Bitcoin hack
ever. Another 120,000 BTC were stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. Together, that adds
up to about 970,000 BTC.

Stolen BTC, however, does not mean lost BTC. It's likely these stolen coins are
still circulating, and may not even be in the hands of the original thieves.


HOW MANY MILLIONAIRES WERE MADE FROM BITCOIN?



It's impossible to know exactly. With some quick math, however, we can estimate
the max number of people who are Bitcoin millionaires.


Mike Novogratz - one of the richest and most well-known Bitcoin millionaires.


With Bitcoin's price at $63465.19, you'd need 15.76 bitcoins to be a Bitcoin
millionaire in dollars. Since there are 19,825,731.25 BTC in circulation, there
are a maximum of 1,258,244 people holding 15.76 bitcoins.

In all likelihood, the number is much lower than that and probably around
30,000-60,000 people with more than $1 million worth of bitcoins.


HOW MANY BITCOIN MINERS ARE THERE?



Slushpool has about 200,000 miners. They have 12% of the network hashrate.
Assuming all pools have similar numbers, there are likely to be over 1,000,000
unique individuals mining bitcoins.

We can also look at the hashrate to make some rough assumptions about how many
miners there are.


WHEN WILL THE LAST BITCOIN BE MINED?



The short answer is: likely sometime in 2140 when the last Bitcoin halving is
expected to occur.

The next halving will occur in 2024, then every 4 years until 2140.

It is hard to know for sure, though. New blocks are added approximately every 10
minutes. The further out we try to predict when specific halvings will occur,
the harder it is. Over 120 years, a lot can change, and so it may happen sooner
or later, perhaps even by more than year.


WHAT WILL THE BLOCK SUBSIDY (REWARD) BE BEFORE GOING TO 0 BTC?



The block reward will be a mere 0.000000011641532 BTC per block. Currently the
block reward is 6.26 BTC. There are 30 more halvings before it goes to 0. If we
divide 6.25 by two 29 times, then we get 0.000000011641532.


WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL 21 MILLION BITCOINS ARE MINED?



Right now, miners earn most of their income via the block reward. When all 21
million bitcoins are mined, there won't be a block reward to pay to miners.

When a Bitcoin user sends a BTC transaction, a small fee is attached. These fees
go to miners and this is what will be used to pay miners instead of the block
reward.


HOW MANY BITCOINS WILL BE MINED BEFORE THE NEXT HALVING?



There are -276,462.5 BTC left to be mined until the next block reward halving.


HOW MANY BITCOIN BILLIONAIRES ARE THERE?



With Bitcoin prices hitting around $23,000 US dollars, there may not be many
Bitcoin billionaires. The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin billionaires while the
price is above $10,000, since they own more than 100,000 BTC. So they are well
beyond Bitcoin billionaires!


HOW MANY LITECOIN ARE THERE?



At the time of writing, there are a little under 67 million litecoin (LTC) in
existence. The Litecoin block halving is projected to be in August 2023.


IS BITCOIN ISSUANCE SIMILAR TO GOLD?



Gold's supply has historically increased at around 2% per year. Bitcoin's supply
will increase less than 2% starting at the 2020 halving, and will eventually go
to less than 1% a year after the 2024 halving.

Bitcoin vs gold will be a big debate in the coming few years.


HOW MANY ETHEREUM ARE THERE?



The truth is, no one really knows. We do know there are a little over 100
million ether (ETH) in existence but we aren't sure how many.

There is no real cap on the total number of ETH than can come into existence
like there is with Bitcoin. ETH is not a fork or clone of Bitcoin like Litecoin
is.

No one actually knows the total supply of ETH and that's not a good thing.


HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MINE A BITCOIN?



New bitcoins are mined every 10 minutes. The amount of time it takes a miner to
mine a bitcoin will depend on how much mining power he has.


WHO HAS THE MOST BITCOINS?



As discussed above, it's likely that Satoshi, the creator of Bitcoin, has the
most bitcoins of anyone.


WHICH COUNTRIES ARE MOST INTERESTED IN BITCOIN?



Based on our website traffic, the following countries have shown extreme
interest in Bitcoin:

 * United States
 * United Kingdom
 * Canada
 * Australia
 * Germany


HOW LONG HAS BITCOIN BEEN AROUND?



Bitcoin has been around since 2009. You can see the tiny amount of data included
in that first block below:

The email Satoshi Nakamoto sent to Hal Finney to tell him Bitcoin launched.

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