Damus
Moist · 1w
no, you've missed my point. if they buy it up and hold then nobody can do anything with it. they lock it up and force us all back onto whatever crappy currency they come up with. if you're in charge ...
Diacone Frost profile picture
I don't disagree there. it is a medium of exchange.

bitcoin is money. money has a definition. one of the money properties is store of value. otherwise why would you accept it.

there is no such thing as "not enough money" in economy. prices will adjust.

hoarding it is not a problem.

(And btw. Ludwig von Mises' regression theorem states that money must trace its value back to a time when it was valued as a non-monetary commodity)
Moist · 1w
money isn't a store of value though. inflation says it isn't, which is why for long term we exchange money for things - property, shares, gold, etc. money is just a means to exchange value simply. if you had to buy a house in chickens it would all be rather awkward. money only has value because we ...