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> There are only a limited number of coins out there

Very true for BTC, but there an unlimited number of new cryptocurrencies (either competitors to BTC or ICOs). This is the inflation risk.

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The risk/rate of inflation in cryptos is determined by the market's appetite for the fork/alt. Along with the even distribution of inflation (in the case of forks) vs the traditional "trickled-down" inflation makes it very different in practice.

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