Many countries who manage their money supply have wildly unstable currencies. Turkey for example.
On the other hand many economists belive Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman's assertion that "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon" (more economists disagree with this probably, my point being that these are not settled matters)
And we have absolutely zero long term evidence of how currencies with pre determined supplies behave.
So, sure, state your case, you might be right, but don't make it out to be like this is some law of physics.
This is true, Erdogan decided to take control over the money supply, which is generally the job of the central bank which is an independent branch of the government. Countries with independent central banks usually have stable currencies.
>On the other hand many economists belive Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman's assertion that "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon" (more economists disagree with this probably, my point being that these are not settled matters)
What Turkey needs is reforms and financial aid for the agriculture sector not control over the money supply because "inflations" aren't caused by interest rates, they are caused by shortages in the relevant sector. If there is enough food for everyone, then food inflation will go away and it could go away despite the money printing.
Under EIP 1559, each block will burn ETH — the amount of ETH burned increases as blocks fill up. The ETH burned can offset & exceed the ETH block issuance.
Over time, if ETH block space is full, the amount of ETH will decrease.
There is no equilibrium at either everyone being a spender or everyone being a hoarder, thus the self-balancing nature.
And I don't think it can be. Economics is ultimately the study of people's behaviour, and that is subject to irrationality, emotions, culture, and times.
I agree there are a lot of people involved with Bitcoin that have trust issues (justified or unjustified... you be the judge) but this statement is a generalisation.
Currently cryptocurrencies are the only way for me to be the custodian of my money in a digital form.
If I leave money in the bank while I save up for a deposit for a home loan at the moment I get basically no interest and the bank gets to loan around 17x that money to others to buy residential property.
Meanwhile the cost of housing is increasing because those who have sufficient funds in their account are better off parking that money in the property market (with or without an accompanying loan)
Can you see why people want out of this perverse system?
Oh silly me. Here I was thinking that it had something to do with the cheap debt available (courtesy of government, banks and my savings for a home loan deposit), negative gearing and lax foreign investment laws that incentivise individuals to purchase residential properties for investment purposes.
Like I said. I just want to be the custodian of my money in a secure digital form so that it cannot be used against me. Why is that so unacceptable?
Bitcoin adjusts its supply automatically and without interference from a governing body. It is deflationary since it's supply is capped and because it's purchasing power increases continually.
[1] https://www.core-econ.org/the-economy/index.html
[2] https://www.core-econ.org/the-economy/book/text/13.html#138-...
> Inflation, as this term was always used everywhere and especially in this country, means increasing the quantity of money and bank notes in circulation and the quantity of bank deposits subject to check. But people today use the term `inflation' to refer to the phenomenon that is an inevitable consequence of inflation, that is the tendency of all prices and wage rates to rise. [1]
Inflation definition: "3.(economics) A decline in the value of money. 4. (economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money." Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inflation#English
This comment implies price instability taking USD as a reference. Who cares what is the USD value of BTC? Once all coins have been mined 1 BTC will always represent the same fraction of the total supply of BTC, i.e.: 1 / 21,000,000. This is not true for any of the fiat currencies. If we take gold as a reference then USD lost 95%+ of its purchasing power over the last century. Source (one of so many): https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/1900?amount=100
As for central bank paranoia, opening a history book should help (keyword: uncontrolled inflation periods + Germany || Hungary || Yugoslavia || Greece || France || Venezuela || Iran || Turkey and I am sure I miss plenty I am not aware of). There's a good reason why the EU has removed this power from its member states to give it to a central bank uncontrolled by the political power. If one does not want to look at history then simply looking at FY2020 and how much USD currency have been debased should help: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BOGMBASE/
Make no mistake, large corporations with billions of cash on hands start to understand that if not invested, that money is worth less and less year after year and at an unprecedented pace.
It's not a strange paranoia. Do you know how many currencies go through hyperinflation and die?
The list is much longer than currencies that have lasted 200 years.
More stuff + same money supply = lower price per stuff. The math is unavoidable. Governing bodies don't play a role in that.