Re:MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies
by temp8964 on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:49AM
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What if cryptocurrencies do not have the inflation problem?
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Re:MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:51AM
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> What if cryptocurrencies do not have the inflation problem?
Then it is rational to hold, not spend, them. Deflationary currencies don’t function. (They can be stores of value.)
Re:MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies
by ivalm on Thursday February 11, 2021 @01:15PM
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But inflation isn’t a problem, it’s a benefit. We want people to spend or invest (in production) their money; economy works best when money is actively circulated, not hoarded. The problem with a totally fixed money supply is that as productivity grows new investments are disincentivizes, as a fixed currently holder get the benefits of aggregate productivity increases (through deflation) without risking his money in investing in companies.