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2026-10-04 14:18:19 UTC

Joel on Nostr: Bitcoin's security budget is a bet on price. Let's talk about what secures Bitcoin: ...

Bitcoin's security budget is a bet on price.

Let's talk about what secures Bitcoin: the block reward = subsidy + fees.

Fees? Currently under 1% of the total block reward (lightning solves this huh 😉).

For the current mining incentives to survive, price must double every halving.

So here's the honest question, bitcoiners: do you really think Bitcoin will hit $4.16M per coin by 2048 or does the security budget slowly die while you stack sats?

One of those futures is real. Pick.



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