The number 21 million is sacred in crypto. The bitcoin 21 million cap is what gives it value.
There will never be 21,000,001 bitcoins.
This limit is enforced by thousands of independent nodes. To change it, you would have to convince everyone in the world to devalue their own money. It won’t happen.
This makes Bitcoin the only asset with a known final supply.
– We don’t know how much gold is in the earth.
– We don’t know how many dollars will exist next year.
– We know exactly how much Bitcoin there will be.
This certainty allows you to plan. If you own 1 Bitcoin, you know you own 1/21,000,000th of the network forever. That share can never be diluted. The bitcoin 21 million hard cap is the best guarantee of wealth preservation in history.