user11414: In 50 years or more from now, what will happen with bitcoins when all of them are issued? Will mining stop and will there only be a limited amount of bitcoins in circulation?

user11411: Yes there will be a point from when on there are no new bitcoins. This is a point which makes bitcoin interesting for people because there cannot be inflation by creating new money. Currencies which are controlled by govnernment can easily add new money and cause inflation.
Regarding the mining I am not sure but it should still exist because it is needed to create new blocks in which transactions are stored, therefore, mining is always needed, but they could lower the difficulty. Even though this is speculation.

user9654: As far as the stopping of mining, no. Even when all 21 million bitcoins have been created there will still be transaction fees which will be given as rewards to miners. It has yet to be seen if this will lead to a reduction in miners or an increase in transaction fees, or both.

11414: <p>In 50 years or more from now, what will happen with bitcoins when all of them are issued? Will mining stop and will there only be a limited amount of bitcoins in circulation?</p>
 11411: <p>Yes there will be a point from when on there are no new bitcoins. This is a point which makes bitcoin interesting for people because there cannot be inflation by creating new money. Currencies which are controlled by govnernment can easily add new money and cause inflation.</p>

<p>Regarding the mining I am not sure but it should still exist because it is needed to create new blocks in which transactions are stored, therefore, mining is always needed, but they could lower the difficulty. Even though this is speculation.</p>
 9654: <p>As far as the stopping of mining, no. Even when all 21 million bitcoins have been created there will still be transaction fees which will be given as rewards to miners. It has yet to be seen if this will lead to a reduction in miners or an increase in transaction fees, or both.</p>
