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Arguably, Ethereum's even more prone to this of loss than BTC, because of the complexity of broken smart contracts with permanently locked funds.

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I think it evens out though because of a lot of early people with lots of bitcoin just lost interest and lost the wallet. This was sadly the case for me as well as a few other people i know.

By time eth came out though everyone was much better about backing up wallets you thought would be worth nothing.

But that was a one-time effect. It affects the current money supply, but does not affect inflation/deflation over time.

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