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 Okay Nostriches, help put my mind at ease.   I want bitcoin to be the new currency.   I am sure I am way over simplifying this but If we succeeded and bitcoin became just the US’s reserve currency it would have to replace 19.9 trillion dollars (I know it funny money but keeping it simple).   Assuming all 21 million bitcoin are mined, that works out to each bitcoin being worth $947,619.   That would put Michael Saylors current bitcoin stack at a value of $203 billion dollars.   I see the richest person right now has a net worth of $215 billion but would the market and masses accept that concentration of wealth or do you think that would impair adoption?   I assume Michaels still stacking so that will likely only grow.   I believe in meritocracy so more power to him but it does make me wonder what it looks like if mass adoption takes place.