Talk:Is bitcoin a good investment?

Latest comment: 1 month ago by Dan Polansky in topic How many bitcoins have been mined

Available tonnage of gold and silver

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(Posted here until I figure out how and whether to incorporate this into the debate.)

  • gold: 244,000 metric tons[1]
  • silver: 1,740,000 metric tons[2], which is 7.1 times the gold amount
  1. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-gold-has-been-found-world
  2. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-silver-has-been-found-world

--Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 10:02, 1 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

How many bitcoins have been mined

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Not sure how relevant/interesting this question is, but anyway:

Over 19,800,000 bitcoins have been mined (Sep 2024)[1][2], out of the possible total of 21,000,000[3]. That amounts to 94% mined.

--Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 10:50, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

  1. https://bitbo.io/how-many-bitcoin/
  2. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247280/number-of-bitcoins-in-circulation/
  3. https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-happens-bitcoin-after-21-million-mined/
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