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<blockquote data-quote="BadIdeaGuy" data-source="post: 6003471" data-attributes="member: 73381">This is the relevant part of the source code:[CODE=c]CAmount GetBlockSubsidy(int nHeight, const Consensus::Params&amp; consensusParams){&nbsp; &nbsp; int halvings = nHeight / consensusParams.nSubsidyHalvingInterval;&nbsp; &nbsp; // Force block reward to zero when right shift is undefined.&nbsp; &nbsp; if (halvings &gt;= 64)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return 0;&nbsp; &nbsp; CAmount nSubsidy = 50 * COIN;&nbsp; &nbsp; // Subsidy is cut in half every 210,000 blocks which will occur approximately every 4 years.&nbsp; &nbsp; nSubsidy &gt;&gt;= halvings;&nbsp; &nbsp; return nSubsidy;}// consensusParams.nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000.[/CODE]That code absolutely CAN be changed.Evidence?<a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3842" target="_blank">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3842</a>So Satoshi’s original code would have doubled the supply cap due to a bug after about 250 years.Which means a BIP to modify the supply cap is ABSOLUTELY possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BadIdeaGuy, post: 6003471, member: 73381"] This is the relevant part of the source code: [CODE=c]CAmount GetBlockSubsidy(int nHeight, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams) { int halvings = nHeight / consensusParams.nSubsidyHalvingInterval; // Force block reward to zero when right shift is undefined. if (halvings >= 64) return 0; CAmount nSubsidy = 50 * COIN; // Subsidy is cut in half every 210,000 blocks which will occur approximately every 4 years. nSubsidy >>= halvings; return nSubsidy; } // consensusParams.nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000.[/CODE] That code absolutely CAN be changed. Evidence? [URL='https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3842'][/URL] So Satoshi’s original code would have doubled the supply cap due to a bug after about 250 years. Which means a BIP to modify the supply cap is ABSOLUTELY possible. [/QUOTE]

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