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Not sure what is your point here. Same question can be applied to US dollars.

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The govt can print more dollars. There is a finite amount of Bitcoin.

You are not answering the question by repeating this common knowledge.

There's many cryptocurrencies that are designed to be infinite. How does that change anything?

I'm asking about Bitcoin specifically. I believe crypto has real value for frictionless transactions, but I'm trying to understand my intuition that Bitcoin itself is a dead end.

Are you though? You are refusing to answer your own question directly in regards to US dollar. It is a simple yes or no question, and instead of yes or no answer you replied with an unrelated statement, and still did not give a yes or no answer. I question your true intentions here.

I didn't ask about the US Dollar. I asked about Bitcoin. It's seems odd to me that you are concerned that I didn't answer your question about the US dollar when you haven't answered mine about Bitcoin. I question your intentions as well. I only asked a simple, speculative question. My intentions are pure, while you present yourself to me in a manner that reminds me of trolling.

Your question and follow up comments imply, that answer to the question discredits Bitcoin somehow.

I am telling you whatever answer to your own question you will come up with in regards to Bitcoin, the same reasoning will be applicable to US dollar, therefore it should discredit US dollar in the same way, which basically makes the whole point (whatever that is) absurd.

I hear what you are saying now. I had trouble because I don't agree that hoarding Bitcoin and hoarding dollars ate the same. What if two people own all the Bitcoin? How does Bitcoin obtain it's value? I'm trying to understand it, not advocate an opinion.

Not as much as one might think:

https://john-tromp.medium.com/a-case-for-using-soft-total-su...

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