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> governments can print extra money

Aren't most coins doing exactly that constantly when people mine them?

The coins have to be introduced to the market somehow. Mining is a fair, open way to distribute these new funds. Literally anyone can participate on equal terms.

In the case of bitcoin, the monetary inflation/issuance rate of bitcoin is currently ~1.7%, below the Fed's target for the USD, and will drop by 50% in 2024. https://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-inflation/

And anyone with a bit of marketing power can create a new crypto currency.

As @aantonop has said for a long time... "the next bitcoin, is bitcoin"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ftZgCEZos

Anyone with a bit of marketing power can create a new tech company. Tech is a scam.

There’s actually some truth to that. More than one tech company turned out to be fraud.

Exchanges can also print extra bitcoins.

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