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Well, they are infinitely divisible in principle, so it doesn't matter too much.

(At the moment, there's a smallest fraction you can send on the network, but they can change that.)



Can't the change the 21M?


Yes, they could change that, too.

However I expect that adding more decimal places will actually happen, but adding extra bitcoins won't.


No they are not. There are only 8 decimal places, not infinite.


AFAIK it can be changed later.




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