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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum Bitcoin Fund Units Class A T.QBTC

The Bitcoin Fund (the Fund) is a Canada-based closed-ended investment fund. The investment objectives of the Fund are to seek to provide unitholders of the Fund with exposure to the digital asset bitcoin (bitcoin) and the daily price movements of the United States dollar price of bitcoin, and the opportunity for long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests in long-term holdings of bitcoin... see more

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Bitcoin Fund Units Class A > One question remains, will Bitcoin supply increase with
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Post by CriticalMind55 on Jan 13, 2021 5:02pm

One question remains, will Bitcoin supply increase with

Bitcoin mining? I read an article saying that China will be lending companies money to mine for Bitcoin. Also, can anybody explain how does Bitcoin mining really work? you put in millions of computer algorithms and hope for virtual value to be generated that can be converted to Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies? I think this is one of the reasons that is keeping more conservative/older investors away from Cryptocurrencies; becasue they are uncomfortable with the concept or just do not understand how it works.

I wonder what will happen when more people understand the concept and see an opportunity of a lifetime...

Thanks in advance for your explanation.

C
Comment by Moogul on Jan 13, 2021 5:24pm
The supply side of BTC (mining) is fixed... 900 new btc are created each day no matter the demand or btc price... after the next halvening in just over three years from now it will be down to 450 btc mined per day and so on and so fourth.
Comment by Moogul on Jan 13, 2021 5:27pm
The impact of more people trying to mine doesn't impact the amount of btc mined it just makes mining more difficult for miners as more miners mine for a fixed reward. This is what makes btc so much different then conventional mining (ie gold market). When the gold price increase there is a supply response (miners increase prod) which dampens the price increase... this doesn't occur with ...more  
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