[Bitcoin Circulating Supply Nears 20 Million, Final 1 Million Coins Will Take 114 Years to Mine] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on March 3, as reported by Coindesk, 19,997,001.16 bitcoins have been mined, leaving approximately 3,000 coins to reach the 20 million milestone. At the current production rate, this is expected to be achieved within 7 days. This means that 95% of Bitcoin's fixed total supply of 21 million coins is now in circulation, with the remaining 1 million coins to be gradually mined over the next century. Bitcoin's founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, hardcoded the total supply limit of 21 million coins into the protocol. With the halving mechanism occurring every four years, Bitcoin's inflation rate has dropped below 1%, with approximately 450 coins currently being produced daily. At this rate, 99% of the supply is expected to be mined by January 2035, with the final whole bitcoin projected to be mined in 2105. The mining process will ultimately continue until around the year 2140.