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Did you know that #Bitcoin Core did NOT initially have a 21M cap limit?

Because of a C++ quirk, the original code that enforces the halvings would have restarted the halvings after the last halving, around 2214.

This was fixed with BIP42 in 2014.

(fix in pic)
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Kristaps K. 1y ago

I think it’s undefined behaviour in C++, may differ between compilers and platforms, so would possibly lead into network split in the future.

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Alex Waltz 1y ago

Indeed.