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 ## Very Much Frequently Asked Questions ❓
 
 ### How much doge can exist? – So many puppies! 🐕
-Early 2015 (approximately a year and a half after release) there will be
+Early 2015 (approximately a year and a half after release) there were
 approximately 100,000,000,000 coins.
 Each subsequent block will grant 10,000 coins to encourage miners to continue to
 secure the network and make up for lost wallets on hard drives/phones/lost