According to Bitbo statistics, the 19 millionth bitcoin was just mined, having left just under 2 million BTC for miners to distribute into circulation as the Bitcoin infrastructure ticks through a predetermined issuance schedule till it approaches the 21 million supply limit and stops creating new bitcoin.
The achievement reveals how Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's inventor, was able to bring together decades of research in many areas of computer science to establish digital scarcity, a key ...
