I always just thought it was 21M bitcoin because we’re in the 21st-century

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🤔 I feel like I should know this as a Bitcoiner. What was the reason Satoshi choose 21 million?

It’s not exactly documented why it was chosen. It neatly works with the block creation starting at 50 bitcoin per block.

Mostly, I think it was an educated guess

That checks out ✌️