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Re:The Fair Price of a Bitcoin is Zero by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @11:34PM (#6845065)
> The process of rapidly becoming a marketable commodity is called monetization.

No, its not. That's the process of printing money to pay off a debt. Or the act of a government making something legal tender. It might even be a tenable name for something becoming money (which isn't just a marketable commodity.)

Things often become marketable commodities -- even rapidly, especially when they are newly discovered or new uses are discovered for them -- without becoming money.

> Bitcoin is in a hypermonetization melt-up phase.

What is that even supposed to mean?

Re:The Fair Price of a Bitcoin is Zero by bitcoin-truth on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @09:50PM (#6852377)
you are referring to monetization of debt. monetization per se is the process of becoming a money. Mises is a good read.

> (which isn't just _a_ marketable commodity.)

You got that right. It's _the_ marketable commodity.

> What is that even supposed to mean?

A melt-up is the opposite of a melt-down.