Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC
by calinet6 on Monday April 01, 2013 @02:56PM
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Ah yes, of course, but that currency is undergoing inflation. Bitcoin is rapidly deflating. Huge difference.
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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC
by miles on Monday April 01, 2013 @05:28PM
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My point was simply that no currency is backed by "stuff" any more. I was responding to your criticism of Bitcoin ("A currency can't make value out of nothing for long").
Of course Bitcoin is deflating - it was designed that way. And of course fiat currencies are inflating - there is no limit to how much can be printed except reason, which is apparently in short supply.