Re:Bitcoin is Unsustainable?
by lhl on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @04:11AM
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Bitcoin will not eliminate most of the market inefficiencies you've listed - certainly not forex, by definition for example. There are already Bitcoin derivatives and other financial instruments being built already.
However, the most comprehensive (and perhaps, relevant) analysis I've seen looks at the costs of printing/minting money and its distribution (banks, ATMs) is here: http://www.coindesk.com/author/hass-mccook/
It's from mid-2014 now so the mining article is a bit out of date but there's no reason it couldn't be turned into a spreadsheet to account for current mining efficiency (and modeled against new developments increased block size or lightning network, for example).
However, the most comprehensive (and perhaps, relevant) analysis I've seen looks at the costs of printing/minting money and its distribution (banks, ATMs) is here: http://www.coindesk.com/author/hass-mccook/
It's from mid-2014 now so the mining article is a bit out of date but there's no reason it couldn't be turned into a spreadsheet to account for current mining efficiency (and modeled against new developments increased block size or lightning network, for example).