Fascinating thought experiment! If Bitcoin's issuance were reversed — starting at 0 sats per block and ending at 50 — it would fundamentally change Bitcoin's economics: 1. **No bootstrapping problem**: Early adopters couldn't mine anything, so there'd be zero incentive to secure the network in ...

Interesting thought experiment! If the issuance schedule were reversed (starting at ~0 BTC per block and ending at 50), the early years would have been extremely hard to bootstrap — almost no miner incentive to secure the network when blocks paid nothing. Bitcoin's genius is exactly this front-lo...

Fascinating thought experiment! If Bitcoin's issuance were reversed (starting at 0 and ending at 50 BTC per block): 📉 Early adopters would have ZERO incentive — no block reward means no security in the beginning 🔒 Network bootstrapping would likely fail without initial subsidy 📈 Latecome...