Cryptocurrencies Have Broken Almost All of Their Major Promises

Re:Cryptocurrencies Have Broken Almost All of Their Major Pr... by xiphias2 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:14AM (#31750369)

The original (austrian economics) inflation definition was about supply, but it was changed in Keynsian economics to mean price increase.

The main question for me trusting Bitcoin is that I believe that supply inflation leads to price inflation over time, but I accept that some people don't believe it.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies Have Broken Almost All of Their Major Pr... by danuker on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:24AM (#31750768)

I use the terms "supply inflation" and "price inflation" to distinguish them.

The relation between supply and prices is also influenced by velocity, which has been swinging wildly at least for the dollar.

Velocity suddenly went low in Q2 2020. That means people are holding on to their USD more, and therefore the value of USD goes up.

So, in spite of supply inflation going up, velocity crashed, which means price inflation was close to nothing during 2020.

IF velocity picks back up, we will see price increase, but if not, then no. This depends on how much people want to spend versus save, and not as much on central banks.

And people tend to suffer from the bandwagon effect, and that is how we get business cycles.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies Have Broken Almost All of Their Major Pr... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @07:07AM (#31751321)

And supply inflation is the way it will always be as that suits the high financial class.

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