Re:Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
by dlwdlw on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @09:32PM
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I think btc is being more and more recognized as a store of value rather than a currency. Gold/stocks also fail as currencies and are also prone to speculation bubbles.
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Re:Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
by eldavido on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @09:42PM
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Funny, that's exactly opposite of my perception.
It seems too volatile to use as a unit of account or store of value, but almost perfect as a medium of exchange.
Re:Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
by joshfraser on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:23PM
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Are we looking at the same charts?
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/
Re:Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
by kobeya on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:23AM
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Mediums of exchange need to encourage usage, not hoarding.
Re:Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
by nsomaru on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @02:03AM
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Here's an interesting thought: you need a certain amount of liquidity to overcome the liquidity premium (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/liquiditypremium.asp). However, if the velocity of your asset is too high (nobody has incentive to HODL), then your asset becomes a medium of exchange because nobody wants to hold it due to price risk relative to fiat.
So the best digital currency is one that is valuable to be _held_ but still has high transaction counts.
The article that stimulated my thoughts on the matter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ix9BDmGie8tPAwrfRKqe9CN...
Re:Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
by kobeya on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @02:07AM
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Do you mean something other than velocity? It doesn’t make sense I’m hat context. (I’m not opening a google doc for security reasons).