{"id":8353,"date":"2025-08-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kriptomat.hr\/93-of-all-bitcoins-have-already-been-mined-what-does-this-mean\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:22:31","slug":"93-of-all-bitcoins-have-already-been-mined-what-does-this-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kriptomat.hr\/en\/93-of-all-bitcoins-have-already-been-mined-what-does-this-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"93% of all Bitcoins have already been mined – what does this mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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How much Bitcoin is left to mine?<\/b><\/p>\n\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The total\namount of Bitcoin that will ever exist is capped at 21 million BTC\n\u2014a number that is forever “hammered” into the Bitcoin protocol’s very code. This\nfixed limit cannot be changed without radically changing the rules of the network,\n which is also a key element of Bitcoin’s value as a deflationary asset. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

By\nMay 2025, approximately 19.6 million Bitcoins had already been mined, or about\n93.3% of the total supply. This means that there are approximately 1.4\nmillion BTC left to mine \u2014 but these remaining Bitcoins will be extremely slow to be created. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

The reason\nfor this lies in the way Bitcoin issues new coins: through an event known\nas a “halving”. When Bitcoin was launched in 2009?\nIn 2010, the reward for each new block was 50 BTC. Every 210,000 blocks\n (approximately every four years), this reward is halved. Since the\ninitial rewards were extremely large, more than 87% of Bitcoin had already been mined by the end of\n2020. Each subsequent halving drastically slows down the pace of new Bitcoin creation\n, so the remaining 6.7% will be mined over more than a\ncentury. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Estimates\nsay that as much as 99% of all Bitcoins will be mined by 2035, while the last pieces \u2014 the last “satoshi” \u2014 will be\nproduced until\n2140, thanks to an ever-decreasing reward that never really drops to\nzero. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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This\nmathematically programmed scarcity, coupled with an immutable limit on the total\nsupply, makes Bitcoin similar to gold \u2014 but with even greater predictability. While\ngold stocks are growing by about 1.7% per year, Bitcoin’s issuance rate has been steadily\nand transparently decreasing. Interestingly, the Bitcoin issuance curve is not final\nin the traditional sense \u2013 rewards are increasingly decreasing in an asymptotic pattern,\n with network mining continuing for decades to come, until 2140. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How Lost Bitcoins Make Even More Scarcity<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Although\nmore than 93% of the total amount of Bitcoin has already been mined, this does not mean that all\nof these Bitcoins are actually available on the market. A significant portion of that supply is\npermanently lost \u2014 due to forgotten passwords, lost wallets, destroyed hard\ndrives, or simply because early adopters left their\ncoins intact forever. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Estimates\nby analytics firms like Chainalysis and Glassnode indicate that between 3.0 and 3.8\nmillion Bitcoins \u2014 roughly 14% to 18% of the total supply \u2014 are likely lost forever\n. Among them are some well-known cases, such as an address believed\nto belong to Satoshi Nakamoto, which alone contains more than 1.1 million\nBTC. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

This\nmeans that the actual amount of Bitcoin circulating in the market is probably not 21\nmillion, but closer to 16 to 17 million \u2014 and that figure can no longer be increased. Unlike\nphysical goods such as gold, lost Bitcoins cannot\n be “re-mined” or found \u2014 once the access\nkeys are lost, these coins become inaccessible forever. This actually reduces the total supply over\ntime. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

By\ncomparison, about 85% of the world’s gold supply has already been mined \u2014 about 216,000 tons \u2014\n but almost all of that gold still exists in circulation, whether in the form of jewelry,\n bullion, funds, or central bank reserves. Gold can be melted down and\nrecycled; Bitcoin, once lost, can no longer be recovered. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

This\ndifference gives Bitcoin an extra dimension of scarcity \u2014 not only does its supply\nstop growing, but it quietly and irreversibly decreases. As the network matures,\n Bitcoin is entering a gold-like monetary phase: low new emissions, concentration in ownership,\nand increasing demand sensitivity. But Bitcoin goes a step\nfurther: its upper limit is absolute, its loss rate is permanent, and its distribution\nis completely transparent and publicly verifiable. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

This\ncould have several important consequences:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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  • Liquidity premium<\/span><\/b>, where “consumable”\n Bitcoins have a higher economic value than those that stand<\/o:p> still<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>

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    In\nextreme cases, we could witness a separation between\n “circulating Bitcoins” and “inaccessible Bitcoins”, with the former\nincreasingly taking on economic importance \u2014 especially in times of limited market\nliquidity or global financial instability.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    What happens when all Bitcoins are mined?<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    One\nof the most common questions related to Bitcoin is: what will happen when the last Bitcoin is\nmined? Will the network then lose security because there will no longer\nbe rewards for miners? While this concern sounds logical, the reality is\nfar more complex \u2014 and much more optimistic. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    Bitcoin’s\nmining economy relies on a self-regulating incentive mechanism. If\nmining becomes unprofitable \u2014 either because of Bitcoin’s low price or because\nof high energy costs \u2014 miners leave the network. This then automatically\ntriggers a “difficulty adjustment”,\n which happens every 2,016 blocks, or approximately every two weeks. The goal\nis to keep the average time between blocks at around 10 minutes, regardless of the number of\nactive miners. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    This\nself-balancing system means that the network is always adapting to market conditions.\nWhen the price drops or the rewards become smaller, the less efficient miners give up, and\nthose who stay have lower costs and a higher share of the rewards. The system is constantly\naligned with real economic conditions, ensuring long-term sustainability. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    This\nresistance has already been tested in practice. After China banned\nmining in 2021, the global Bitcoin hashrate (computing power of the network) dropped by more than\n50% in just a few weeks. Nevertheless, the network continued to operate without interruption, and\nthe hashrate fully recovered within a few months \u2014 as miners\nmoved operations to other countries with more favorable conditions. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    The key\nis to understand that the security of the network does not depend on the absolute amount of BTC reward, but\non whether mining can remain profitable. Even when the reward per block\nis reduced to 0.78125 BTC (after the 2028 halving) \u2014 or even less \u2014 miners will still\nsecure the network if the market price covers their costs. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    In\nthe distant future, around 2140, when the block reward is almost completely\nabolished, miners are expected to earn their income exclusively from\ntransaction fees. And the transition towards that has already begun. For example, 20.\nOn April 2024, after the launch of the Runes protocol, miners earned over $80\nmillion in transaction fees alone \u2014 far more than the $26 million\nthey received on the same day from block rewards. It was the first time in\nBitcoin’s history that fees exceeded the block reward. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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    In other words\n, even when the last Bitcoin is mined, the network will continue to function.\nThanks to a cleverly designed weight adjustment system, a market economy\n, and the evolution of miners’ income by fees, Bitcoin remains one\nof the most resilient monetary systems ever created.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    The Future of Bitcoin Mining<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    It is often mistakenly assumed that a\nrise in the price of Bitcoin will automatically lead to\nan infinite increase in energy consumption. In reality, mining is not\ndriven solely by price, but by profitability \u2014 and that includes energy, equipment,\n and efficiency costs. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    As\nthe rewards for blocks decrease more and more, miners are forced to operate with thinning profit\nmargins. This motivates them to look for the cheapest and cleanest sources of\nenergy. Following China’s mining ban in 2021, much of the\nglobal hashrate has shifted to regions such as North America and Northern Europe, where\nminers are increasingly using surplus hydropower, wind power, and underutilized\npower grid capacity. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    According to\ndata from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, between 52% and 59% of\nBitcoin mining today relies on renewable or low-emission energy sources.\nThis trend is further fueled by regulatory frameworks \u2014 some legislation offers\nincentives for renewable mining, while others increasingly penalize\nfossil fuel operations.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    In\naddition, Bitcoin has a built-in self-regulation mechanism: the more miners try\nto enter the network, the more the difficulty of mining increases, which reduces profitability\nand prevents uncontrolled growth in energy consumption. Thus, even in a\nscenario of price increases, energy consumption will not necessarily follow the same trajectory. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

    Renewable mining\nalso has its challenges \u2014 from supply instability to\nthe need for localized infrastructure \u2014 but the scenario of an endless expansion\nof coal or oil mining is becoming less and less likely. Instead, the\n future of Bitcoin mining is likely to be marked by\ntechnological efficiency, regulatory pressures, and a growing orientation towards sustainable\nenergy solutions. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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