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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by bringtheaction on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:13AM (#16359058)
> Gold will never be as measurably scarce.

Even with Bitcoin we don't know the exact scarcity because private keys get lost.

A wallet to which the private key has been lost is indistinguishable from the wallet of someone who is holding their funds because they want to save them for the future.

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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by rasengan on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:36AM (#16359242)
Excellent point. Still, we know that there is not more than a certain number; versus with gold there could be more or less than any estimate.
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