When the coins run out, will bitcoin collapse?

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will the bitcoin network inevitably collapse once all of the coins have been mined with no incentive in the system to maintain the blockchain? http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

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The transaction fees will make mining still profitable forever.

But doesn't a transaction fee defeat the purpose of bitcoin?

no. its an optional incentive to speed up the transfer process

I hazard a guess that it will collapse before that point.

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