Many people ask this question: How many bitcoins are left and what is the future of decentralized currencies like the etherium or how the big blockers like thorium and gold are faring in comparison to the dark wallet revolution. In the past few months, there has been a very noticeable spike in the number of people moving from gold into the more privacy-preserving, digital currency like thorium or money. Many people have come to the conclusion that it would be a shame if gold was taken away from these precious investors just when the value of their precious assets are on the rise. With this in mind, here is my take on where we are now in regards to how many bitcoins are left, and where things may go from here.

The answer depends on who you ask, but the short answer is: not many. The long answer is much more interesting though, and covers topics such as what happens to all the existing miners, what happens to the protocol if the Chinese government decides to implement a hard fork to the chain which they already control, what happens if the economic bubble bursts, and what happens after that. I'm going to cover a few of these topics in this article, and provide an analysis of what the future holds for the future of decentralized currencies and the future potential of the e Ethereum network.

To make things more interesting, I'm also going to discuss if the current mining activities on the main chain are being done for selfish reasons or if they are being done for the greater good of the community and the greater good of the cryptocurrency itself. The recent events in the Middle East that had to do with distributed applications and the problems that came up are quite interesting in this regard Real estate with cryptocurrency. Many citizens of those regions were upset at the large number of millionaires that were captured taking advantage of the need for the public to participate in these applications. So while the Ethiopia miners were working away at what they believed was best for the population, the rest of the continent was enjoying the benefits of having their currency increase in value. This would be impossible if the protocol used was not decentralized and if the ecosystem of the decentralized applications was not robust.