$BTC Lost Bitcoins Are Gone Forever
An estimated 3 to 4 million BTC (about 15-20% of the total supply) are lost forever due to:
Lost private keys
Forgotten wallets
Deaths without inheritance planning
This makes Bitcoin scarcer than the max supply of 21 million suggests.
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2. Bitcoin Has No “Headquarters” or CEO
Unlike a company, Bitcoin is decentralized:
It’s maintained by a global network of miners and developers.
No single person or group controls it.
Even if a country bans BTC, the network continues elsewhere.