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Re:Fiat is Effective: fiat for the crypto crowd [pdf] by a_c_s on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:42PM (#15485117)
> management of the supply of that currency that is equitable to all participants remains illusive

The interests of participants are mutually exclusive: debtors want high inflation, lenders want deflation.

Re:Fiat is Effective: fiat for the crypto crowd [pdf] by rphlx on Monday October 16, 2017 @10:45PM (#15488277)
And that's precisely the problem that an immutable issuance schedule, like Bitcoin's, attempts to solve (fairly successfully so far). It prevents either of those 2 sides from unilaterally manipulating the currency supply to rob the other side after a contract or borrowing arrangement is signed.