Eli Ben Sasson proposes to remove the hard cap of 21 million Bitcoin coins and change it to an annual inflation rate of 4%

According to Cointelegraph, StarkWare CEO Eli Ben Sasson proposed on the X platform to replace the hard cap of 21 million Bitcoin coins with an annual issuance rate of 4%. Eli Ben Sasson believes that the current hard cap is unreasonable because the private key will be lost over time. Ledger estimates that approximately 4 million bitcoins have been permanently lost. Eli Ben Sasson stated that a 4% annual issuance rate roughly matches the global population growth rate. The proposal has sparked strong opposition from the community, with opponents arguing that a fixed cap is the core value of Bitcoin and that Bitcoin can be divided into 21 trillion units, which is sufficient to address the issue of declining available supply.