Why would you worry about that? The less bitcoins in circulation the higher the price. < based on a reduction in supply > This is why most people are saying the <1 000 000> Satoshi coins should stay out of circulation, because it will have a huge impact on the supply, if it was dumped on the market.
A lot of bitcoins are lost every year and this just increase the scarcity of the coins. ^smile^
Well, I think that's why everyone wants to know exactly how much are lost. I think that, psychologically, when the market considers the price, we are considering a supply of 21 million coins. We all know that can't be the
true supply, given all the lost coins, especially from the early days. But nobody really knows just how much BTC is being hoarded vs. BTC that simply will never move--ever.
Are Satoshi's coins "lost?" It could make a difference of, what, a few % of the entire supply? Pretty huge difference if a single BTC might be worth millions someday.