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		stevenwagner on Sept 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Krugman on BitCoin It is 21.00000000 million-- or 2.1 quadrillion of the smallest-possible-unit.

Raphael on Sept 8, 2011 [–]

So every person on earth only gets 300,000 of the smallest possible unit?

stevenwagner on Sept 8, 2011 | [–]

With the current software yes. It could always be expanded if need though.

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