Its initial worth was less than a penny. From what I can tell, these attitudes largely progressed through three phases. He says no. But its gone on to surge as much as $50,000-plus per coin. The number of bitcoins in circulation will top out after a finite 21 million are mined  unlike traditional currency, which can be endlessly minted.
incidently, at least 16.4 million people could have mined zero.
( z0 possible :ARG1 ( z1 mine :ARG0 ( z2 person :quant ( z3 at-least :op 16 ) ) :ARG1 0 ) :mod ( z4 incidental ) )
(z0 / possible-01
    :ARG1 (z1 / mine-01
              :ARG0 (z2 / person
                        :quant (z3 / at-least
                                   :op1 16))
              :ARG1 0)
    :mod (z4 / incidental))
incidently , at least 16.4 million people could have mined zero .
z3 :op1 1
z2 :quant z3
z0 :mod z4
z0 :ARG1 z1
z1 :ARG0 z2
z1 :ARG1 0