Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day...
by briefcomment on Monday February 15, 2021 @08:18PM
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We need an uninflatable store of value more than anything, which Bitcoin is.
Think of how much unnecessary transacting and consumption is going on right now to escape a constantly inflating dollar. "Investments" and consumptions will tank with a deflationary store of value.
Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day...
by SantalBlush on Monday February 15, 2021 @09:49PM
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>We need an uninflatable store of value more than anything
People keep repeating this as if it's a well known truth, and I'm wondering where they came up with the idea. Why are we to believe that inflation is the source of our current economic woes?
Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day...
by briefcomment on Monday February 15, 2021 @09:52PM
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Do you feel like you're getting the appropriate share of money printing needed to maintain your purchasing power? Don't the really desirable assets, like the best land and houses, and the best education, get increasingly more expensive, relative to your purchasing power?
Certainly someone is gobbling up those dollars. I don't think it's most people though.
Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day...
by SantalBlush on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:47PM
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That isn't really how it works. Banks do not "print money," they expand the money supply through loans. When interest rates are low, savers move their existing money away from assets like bonds toward higher yielding assets like stock and real estate.
If the money supply were to suddenly shrink, the average person would not become richer; that added value would be concentrated in fewer hands. That's basically what is happening with bitcoin.
Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day...
by trident5000 on Monday February 15, 2021 @08:36PM
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Sure, just as Visa, Mastercard, Circle, Paypal and several of the largest major banks just accepted its use and facilitation. And while companies such as Tesla, PornHub, etc accept it as payment. Its totally not going anywhere and will never make that transition.
It has failed at being a usable currency, and not merely for socioeconomic reasons. A currency is more than just intrinsic value.