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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by jasonlingx on Monday April 01, 2013 @11:36PM (#5477555)
> bitcoin has a guaranteed rate of deflation.

This is not true. There is no guaranteed rate of deflation.

The rate at which you can 'mine' bitcoin is limited and there is a hard limit to the total amount of bitcoin that can be mined.

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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by moultano on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @12:56AM (#5477766)
Assuming the economy grows, a fixed amount of currency causes deflation.
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