Re:You don't understand money – and it's a good thing for Bi...
by sedeki on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:24AM
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> then bitcoin will become more valuable as a function of time simply because the amount of "stuff" increases.
> The reason deflation is bad is because it discourages investment.
I agree that economies are naturally deflationary because people don't stop working. So what? I think printing money is bad (as opposed to the concept of "inflation" which is an effect) is bad, because it distorts market mechanisms that occurr naturally - I'm talking about (more) efficient capital allocation here.
Simple example, if bitcoin is the only exchange token in circulation then bitcoin will become more valuable as a function of time simply because the amount of "stuff" increases. This is as opposed to fiat, which increases in supply to compensate the increase of material wealth in the world.
The reason deflation is bad is because it discourages investment. If I can buy more stuff later with the same amount of tokens then I have an incentive to not spend my exchange tokens, thus reducing the total circulation of tokens/investment/etc. It also makes loans more painful (unless interest rates are negative), but if interest rates are sufficiently negative then this encourages people to not deposit money into loan originators (traditionally banks, but in crypto world could be something else).