Bitcoin Nears Full Exhaustion: 95% of Total Supply Now Mined

Bitcoin's ticking time bomb just got louder—95% of all 21 million coins are now in circulation. The final 5% will take more than a century to mine at current rates. So much for 'digital scarcity' when Wall Street's already trading paper derivatives for ten times the actual supply.

Miners face a revenue cliff as block rewards dwindle. Will transaction fees be enough to secure the network? Or will Bitcoin's security model crack under its own success?

Meanwhile, crypto bros are still pretending this was Satoshi's plan all along—ignoring that the inventor coded a hard supply cap specifically to prevent central bankers from doing exactly what crypto exchanges are doing now: creating unlimited synthetic exposure.

Bitcoin has reached 95% of its total supply mined, with nearly 19.95 million coins created out of 21 million. Mining rewards halve roughly every four years, slowing new Bitcoin creation. The last coins will be mined around 2140. As rewards shrink, miners will rely more on transaction fees. This milestone highlights Bitcoin’s growing scarcity, strengthening its value and long-term appeal to investors.