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      14 months ago

      The currency doesn’t affect inflation? If every day the number of usd doubles, would that increase inflation, decrease it, or keep the value the same? That is extreme, but it should really clear things up for you.

      You are right that if there are less oranges and the same demand, then oranges will go up in price. Now apply that same logic to the currency itself. If there is more of a currency and not more demand for it, should the value of that currency go up or down?

      This really isn’t complicated economics, I guarantee that if you crack open any intro to economics textbook, you will have your current understanding completely annihilated.

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      14 months ago

      It’s going fantastic for El Salvador, I don’t know why you would think differently. It is hilarious hearing someone say you can’t use btc in the real world. I use it for Uber, airbnb, groceries, amazon, flights, restaurants, and way more. I think you are imagining the state of bitcoin at least 7 or 8 years ago, things have changed tremendously. The largest retail stores in Japan accept it directly. Many of the largest stores across Europe take it. There are countless resteraunts all over the world taking it directly. There are literally thousands of atms across Europe that will exchange it for cash. There are many 2nd world countries that use it regularly across Africa and South East Asia, South America, the list goes on and on. Your information really truly is way outdated. The future got here long ago, but I guess there are still bubbles of people completely oblivious.

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      Bitcoin prevents the arbitrary creation of new currency by a single powerful entity. I don’t know who told you that creating tons of usd can’t affect inflation, but you literally will find no economist claiming this. This isn’t in the slightest a disputed claim. It seems like you’ve come into economics through some sort of anti-crypto mindset, and now you just assume that anything you heard from a “cryptobro” must be the opposite of the truth. Just take a sec to think about how people who are always wrong have created the 9th most valuable asset in the history of the world. Maybe your armchair hunches may need an adjustment.