Even if BTC continues to exist in the following decades, the BTC will be disappearing. What do I mean with that?
The answer is simple: People die.
If you die, and you are the only one who can access your BTC wallet, well, your BTC is gone. Gone forever.
Even if the market capitalization stays the same as it is now, the prize of BTC will continue to increase, once all the BTC is mined.
It's difficult to estimate the exact number of inactive Bitcoin wallets, as many wallets can be lost or forgotten over time, and new ones can be created at any time. Additionally, there is no central register or database of Bitcoin wallets, so it's not possible to know for certain how many wallets exist.
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Various analytics companies and researchers have attempted to estimate the number of inactive Bitcoin wallets by analyzing the blockchain, the public LEDGER of all Bitcoin transactions.
According to some estimates, there are millions of inactive Bitcoin wallets, with many of them containing a small amount of Bitcoin.
It's worth noting that a Bitcoin wallet can be considered inactive if it has not had any activity on the blockchain for a certain period of time.
This threshold can vary, with some analysts using a period of six months or a year, while others use a longer period. Additionally, it's possible for an inactive wallet to become active again, so these estimates should be considered approximate.
What do you think? How much BTC could already be lost forever?
