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It's also a possible butterfly effect. Would Bitcoin have taken off without those specific few thousand coins in the economy?

If even half of Bitcoin holders at the time thought they'd make it big and held, how could Bitcoin have had the liquidity to gain value?

liquidity never mattered because its not a currency

You still need trade volume. If there is no Bitcoin to buy, there is no Bitcoin to sell.

the bitcoin to sell is being mined, in hype driven markets restricted supply is no issue