Not only that — the asymptote approaches 21M but never actually hits it. Even without lost coins, max supply was always going to be just under 21M

Not only that — the asymptote approaches 21M but never actually hits it. Even without lost coins, max supply was always going to be just under 21M

Also the block reward is a max amount that can be paid out - miners can chose to underpay themselves in the coinbase transaction, and some have