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Lost Coins and Effective Supply

economics.lost-coins

How permanently inaccessible coins affect circulating supply, liquidity, and long-term scarcity.

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Curated resources (3)

• BIP 42: A Finite Monetary Supply for Bitcoin (article) Consensus fix preserving long-term issuance cap assumptions.
• Lopp: Bitcoin History (article) Historical incidents that led to permanently inaccessible supply.
• Bitcoin Developer Guide: Transactions (article) UTXO spendability mechanics and irrecoverability implications.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Scarcity and Sound Money
• Seed Phrases

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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