Right. They are paying more for the same thing. This is inflation and it's not something we like. You get less BTC for your money.
Where is the growth?
Where is the growth?
Or, you get more USD for your BTC.
> Where is the growth?
In the amount of USD one can purchase with their bitcoins? Literally, that's what this whole subthread is about where someone used their long held bitcoin to do a downpayment. The growth in USD price of a bitcoin is what helped them do that.