A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail

Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by TylerE on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @03:29PM (#6810909)

If by limited quantities you mean "about 400 tons a year" (and that's not counting dentistry or jewelry) then yes.

11,666,666 troy ounces

$15,108,332,470 at today's prices.

If you do count jewelry, increase those figured by approx. an order of magnitude.

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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by chongli on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @04:03PM (#6811119)

400 tons a year is nothing compared to other industrial metals. By comparison, world production of copper is 17 million tonnes per year.

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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by TylerE on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @04:05PM (#6811134)

$150 billion a year is nothing?

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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by mortehu on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @04:39PM (#6811320)

I think you mean $15 billion?

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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by TylerE on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @05:02PM (#6811461)

The 150B figure is including jewlery/decorative use, for a total of 4k+ tons/year.

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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by chongli on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @04:17PM (#6811204)

That price is due to the rarity of gold. If it were as common as copper, 400 tons would be worth a lot less than $150 billion a year.

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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by TylerE on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @04:34PM (#6811297)

What's your point? Sounds to me like you're trying to win the debate by inventing your own set of "facts"

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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by chongli on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @06:45PM (#6812066)

The original point of discussion was the quantity, not the price.

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