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0 pointsAtroxide12y ago0 comments

You realize there is no down-voting right?

And your post isn't being voted for because it is irreverent.

Lets say that the value of a BC goes up to 1 Million USD somehow (which is REALLY unlikely), a Satoshi is still worth a penny. We understand that it can't divide infinity and yes you are right by saying it, but for this discussion, we are able to divide a bit-coin as much as needed, and besides- if it ever gets to the point (somehow) that we need to, a future protocol could fix it.

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GhotiFish12y ago· 1 in thread

well, he's wrong and he's not wrong. If bitcoin becomes a global exchange, then it will be worth a fair bit more than one million each.

but the protocol can be changed to have more significant digits, so things can be divided more.

viraptor12y ago

> but the protocol can be changed to have more significant digits

As I wrote: "... unless the protocol is updated.". There are still reserved bits available. But then everyone would have to update their software. And if we're talking about a global, usable currency, that means updating millions of hardware devices to support it.

viraptor12y ago

There is downvoting for comments. You just cannot see it without high enough karma.

Regarding Satoshi being always worth something - yes, in theory that should be the case. Unless some huge changes take place. Major exchanges disappearing, issues with the protocol, introduction of blacklists, lots of other things we cannot predict at the moment. It doesn't even have to be a penny - if it was headed too quickly towards that line, I would expect everyone to panic because they could never recover the theoretical amount in local currency.

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