Ethereum 2.0 launches

Re:Ethereum 2.0 launches by nabla9 on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @09:24AM (#25265387)

Deflation = value of money increases.

Inflation = value of money decreases.

Sargos seems to be confusing 'inflation' and 'monetary inflation' (increase in money supply).

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Re:Ethereum 2.0 launches by hanniabu on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @11:57AM (#25266974)

In the crypto world inflation/ deflation refers to change in supply.

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Re:Ethereum 2.0 launches by ARandumGuy on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:12PM (#25268659)

So it's another area where cryptocurrency enthusiasts just decided to change the meaning of some words? Like they did with fiat?

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Re:Ethereum 2.0 launches by csomar on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:42PM (#25268974)

I don't think the words deflation/inflation are linked to money. A ball can deflate, which has nothing to do with the value of the ball or money.

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Re:Ethereum 2.0 launches by andrethegiant on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:19PM (#25268735)

I thought BTC had a hardcoded cap of 21M coins? How could its supply change?

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Re:Ethereum 2.0 launches by wmf on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:39PM (#25268945)

The 21M cap hasn't been reached yet so BTC are still being created.

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Re:Ethereum 2.0 launches by markkat on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:25PM (#25268798)

If more than half of the nodes adopted an update with that cap changed, it would change. It'd probably result in a fork.

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