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It's time for an inequality index for cryptocurrencies distribution

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Re: It's time for an inequality index for cryptocurrencies distribution

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right, most people keep their crypto in exchanges which are definitely not just worse banks

My dog is closer to a bank than an exchange is.

your dog might also be more reliable

Re: It's time for an inequality index for cryptocurrencies distribution

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Jul 16 2021, bitcoin was 30k, today it’s 40k, how is this a deflating bubble?

was at 70k

false, https://www.yahoo.com/now/crypto-daily-movers-shakers-july-0...

> July 15, 2021

> Bitcoin, BTC to USD, fell by 2.84% on Thursday. Reversing a 0.29% gain from Wednesday, Bitcoin ended the day at $31,890.0.

Re: It's time for an inequality index for cryptocurrencies distribution

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You’ll need evidence for that, and a way to disambiguate Bitcoin’s performance as an inflation hedge from the speculative bubble. > it did a 5,000,000x plus return in that time Then it is self evidently not an inflation hedge.

BTC's monetary policy makes it an inflation hedge regardless of what humans are doing with it, the cycles just take 4 years to play out. The evidence is literally in the code. No need to complicate things, just focus on 2 key questions... 1. Is the BTC supply inflation rate lower than the US dollar’s (and other fiat currencies)? 2. Will it be lower for the forseeable future? That will give you the simple answer you a…

Here’s another question to focus on:

If it is mostly used to speculate, not transact, does the supply matter at all to the price?

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