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Re:BitCoin Under Fire by tgrass on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @04:46PM (#2468309)
Re:BitCoin Under Fire by baberuth on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @05:26PM (#2468452)
sorry, I wasn't clear. I wasn't asking WHAT velocity of money is, I was asking someone to explain the author's velocity of money argument. i.e. transfering wealth out of btc accelerates the velocity.

q, m, v, and p remain relatively constant in that transaction unless the liquidity event causes a persistent decrease in the price level (no evidence that the current BTC market could support it, but also c.f. above my comments about immature markets and liquidity).

Re:BitCoin Under Fire by tgrass on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @06:23PM (#2468634)
My reading of his argument is that bitcoins primary function will be as a medium of exchange, not as a store of value. Thus when any indiviudal has a significant amount of bitcoins, he will convert them to an asset class that does store value.