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Re:Why Bitcoin Matters by XorNot on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @11:26PM (#7100717)
People do not live for millennia.

Like, you do realize that no one in the history of mankind has a use for something which "stores value" for millennia right?

And that timescale is so ridiculously huge that gold, silver and everything else does inflate away. We might be a type II Kardashev civilization in 1000 years. The volume of gold available will be absurdly large by then either way.

Re:Why Bitcoin Matters by atmosx on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:53AM (#7103304)
I wrote 2 paragraphs but I erased them, I'm sure you understood what my exact point was, but since your comment is not constructive at all, making stupid assumptions, comparing possible Kardashev civilizations with history, I will just post a link[1]. If you care follow it, if not, I don't have anything more to add.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#Cultural_history