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Re:The ransomware surge by dghlsakjg on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:08PM (#26999365)
Bitcoin has been around for less than twenty years. Since then it has seen massive deflationary periods (when the relative value rises, like up until a month ago), and massive inflationary periods (when the value drops) In 2018 bitcoin had an "inflation" rate of roughly 500% (meaning that at the beginning of 2018 you could buy a basket of goods with an equivalent value of $13.5k USD, at the end of the year you had to spend 500% more bitcoin to get the exact same basket of goods. Meanwhile you only had to spend 2-3% more USD to get those same goods)

The fact that there aren't bitcoin loans is proof that it is not a viable store of value.

Re:The ransomware surge by danuker on Saturday May 08, 2021 @12:04PM (#27088335)
There is volatility for sure. But the same is true for any asset: stocks, bonds, real estate, even gold. Albeit not as much as a currency only around for 20 years, as you said.

As for loans, lots of exchanges let you trade with leverage, effectively trading on borrowed money.

Also, there exist institutionally backed Bitcoin options: https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitco...