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Re:Bitcoin still makes no sense by bawolff on Saturday December 05, 2020 @09:18PM (#25320427)
> The boom/bust cycle is caused by what we declare to be the solution: active management and printing of the money supply as desired to achieve short-term economic or political goals.

That seems like quite an extraordinary claim without much evidence.

Re:Bitcoin still makes no sense by jerrymiller on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:04AM (#25323876)
> extraordinary claim without much evidence

"Much evidence", smh. How about the work that won the Nobel prize on this exact topic? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_business_cycle_theory

It shows exactly how the boom/bust cycle is caused by the active management of money.