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Re:Lessons I Learned from the Dotcom Bubble for the Coming C... by chamza on Sunday May 28, 2017 @03:23PM (#14435703)
Internet companies during the dotcom bubble had market value of several trillion dollars.

The total market cap of crypto-currency is still only ~$70 billion. I agree with the principle, but this boom is still pretty modest.

Re:Lessons I Learned from the Dotcom Bubble for the Coming C... by coolspot on Monday May 29, 2017 @12:20AM (#14437394)
I think it is not absolute value what defines a bubble. It should be relative. E.g. perceived value of an asset compared to it's real value/revenue/growth.
Re:Lessons I Learned from the Dotcom Bubble for the Coming C... by dmichulke on Monday May 29, 2017 @01:00AM (#14437483)
To provide a context here - one of the key value propositions of BTC is real interest rate.

Cash real interest rate: 0% interest - 2% inflation through debasing currency = -2%

BTC real interest rate: 0% interest - 0% inflation = 0%

Note how this benefit of BTC is not bubbly by itself (growth expectation usually is - due to it being based on past growth)

Re:Lessons I Learned from the Dotcom Bubble for the Coming C... by runeks on Monday May 29, 2017 @06:55AM (#14438491)
Prices only remain flat (0% inflation) if no increase in productivity occurs.

2% inflation doesn't mean the currency has been debased by 2%, it means: if it has become x% cheaper to produce a basket of goods -- and the price of this basket of goods has increased by 2% -- the currency has been devalued by (2+x)%.

Producers are constantly competing to cut the costs of production, in order to gain market share at the expense of competitors, so I don't see how flat prices can be a reasonable assumption.

Re:Lessons I Learned from the Dotcom Bubble for the Coming C... by dmichulke on Monday May 29, 2017 @10:14AM (#14439170)
Increase in production increases supply, so prices fall -> deflation.

Yes, inflation can have other reasons than debasement (for example, productivity decrease) but this affects both types of "money" - fiat and bitcoin, so I left it out to keep it simple

Re:Lessons I Learned from the Dotcom Bubble for the Coming C... by omarchowdhury on Monday May 29, 2017 @12:41AM (#14437440)
BTC bubbling to several trillion dollars would mean replacement of fiat, and then one would ask if it is now a bubble or a replacement (ascension?).
Re:Lessons I Learned from the Dotcom Bubble for the Coming C... by RandomInteger4 on Monday May 29, 2017 @02:05AM (#14437639)
The market cap doesn't take into account the cryptocurrency derivatives market.