Let's consider the following scenario: The world is 2100, everyone is using bitcoin as a global money and all prices will be expressed in bitcoins. It seems obvious that in a scenario like this there will be just a few things that will be priced in bitcoin and have a value of 1 BTC. Most of the goods and services that will be sold then will use maybe satoshi as the currency that they will be priced in. And there could even be the need to go even lower, and price things in milisathosi's.
But being a digital money, there could be a protocol upgrade to support more than 8 decimals, so that you could buy a cup of coffee or something. If such an upgrade occurs, isn't it akin to an increase in the money supply by a factor of ten (in the case of one more decimal)? And continuing our train of thought, in another 50 years when the economy will be even more productive, you will need another decimal for small transactions. And so you can basically inflate the money supply ad infinitum, based on the "needs of commerce".
So, to sum up, being able to divide the bitcoin in ever smaller denominations, isn't this a way to inflate the money supply?
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deflation, it is opposite of inflation, whereby prices of goods and services fall and people can purchase more goods with the limited money. It is the decrease in the general price level, in the country’s economy.
A certain percentage of inflation is good, but beyond that, is worse for every economy. Moreover, deflation is the worst condition for an economy.
A certain percentage of inflation is good, but beyond that, is worse for every economy. Moreover, deflation is the worst condition for an economy.
Deflation is a decrease in general price levels of throughout an economy. If there is a higher supply of goods and services but there is not enough money supply to combat this, deflation can occur..
Disinflation, on the other hand, shows the rate of change of inflation over time. The inflation rate is declining over time, but it remains positive.
Disinflation, on the other hand, shows the rate of change of inflation over time. The inflation rate is declining over time, but it remains positive.
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Keynesian economics is a horrible system, but so far it works the best until we have another implemented
Keynesian economics is not science, it's just form of propaganda. You receive money from government to justify big government and call this economics, ecology etc.Also the only modern active alternative school is austrian and they are proven to predict things way better and they have a radically different approach(and the one that actually makes some logical sense).
These are unfair and incorrect views of the Keynesian economics.
Keynes pioneered the study of the economy as an aggregate. It also introduces the idea of disequilibrium and price stickiness, which are occurring themes if you conduct any serious macroeconomic analysis. He also introduced behavioral elements in his formal analysis e.g. money demand equation and term "Animal Spirit". He would have incorporated expectation but the mathematics at his time was not advanced enough to handle that.
The policy prescriptions from Keynes's theory are natural implications of his theory, which remains revolutionary even to this day. The great depression in the late 20s dealt a huge blow to the Austrian school as well as western capitalism in general. It beckoned a response outside the box and Keynes' demand management really was the answer until the 70s. You have to remember that even liberals in the west placed a lot of hope on Communism during the great depression, the vibe was certainly very different from now.
While it is unfortunate that Keynesian economic theories have been politicized to benefit the state power, it is also nature that for a long period of human history big states and institutions exist. The Austrian school was too ahead in its time and the technology was not there until more than a hundred years later. The free market is still an imperfect institution (as correctly realized by Keynes) that is not really free and transparent, central authority is needed to enforce property rights.
So contrary to what you have said, it is Keynesian economics that was radical to the traditional Austrian school. Hell, it is even radical in this day as the neo-liberalism (a politicized descendant of the Austrian School) took over the world from the 90s that led to the tremendous growth of wealth and income inequality.
Nah, that's not right. Keynes used to say in radio that people should buy more and not do any savings... becouse! He may be a great mind for this time but spend without without any concerns about future prices embased on government printing or debt is just creative accountability. I really would like to read your sources about Keynes being this true Keynes thoughts, could you plz share? Regardless of that, in true, learn macroeconomic is a process that shuld go through Keynes - his description of economic forces is truly remarcable and easy to understand.
Perhaps ppl should consider a little bit more of the government involment over the 29's. As Freedman says: when the government, by laws or incentives, creates a false price, the whole market act on falses premisses. For example: If a Government gives money to build roads, buildings and etcs, more students would seek to be engineers, becouse the market claim for them. By the time they get their degree if the roads/buildings policy stops there will be a lot for unemployed engenieers. They act on a false premisse and this 'bubble' of unemployment is more or less the same of 29's. Not saiyng that the free market does not have part on this. But plz consider the Govenrment more on this.
Excellent topic Sir. Now, I understand more about how fast the bitcoin changes time to time. As a business student graduate. It's also the same as inflation and deflation of prices in the market. I almost see that our world is near to be a cashless world although there are some countries that has already cashless transactions. More power bitcoin. 
I'm looking forward to an in-depth discussion on the subject! I've noticed that confusion between the two seems to come up quite a bit on the blog, and thought it may be reasonable to dedicate a post on the matter.
It is a critical issue really, the rate of emission is quite fixed and would be difficult to change even with a really hard hard fork. Demand however can be actuated upon and manipulation is surely there.
It's just like the law of supply and demand.
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It's just like the law of supply and demand.
An area dedicated to discussing the differences of these two terms and the theories supporting them.
I'm looking forward to an in-depth discussion on the subject! I've noticed that confusion between the two seems to come up quite a bit on the forum, and thought it may be reasonable to dedicate a thread on the matter.
Pulled from a discussion in Wall Observer
Price-Deflation is what you are used to hearing about in Bitcoin. That term is used to describe the prices of goods/services as they decrease, because the value of Bitcoin goes up.
Price-Inflation is the opposite. When prices of goods/services increase because the value of Bitcoin goes down.
So, when dealing with Price-Inflation or Deflation, there is an inverse relationship of price and value, in regard to goods/services and Bitcoin.
Example: As the Bitcoin price goes from $10 to $20, the prices of goods/services goes down from 20BTC to 10BTC. As the Bitcoin price goes from $20 to $10, the prices of goods/services goes from 10BTC to 20BTC!
Why does the price of Bitcoin go up and down? The price of BTC goes up and down based on the exchange rate, or market price, which is set by buyers and sellers, or traders. They directly trade the Bitcoin currency with all sorts of other currency, and even some with gold; the most popular being the USD (US dollar). They set the price when executing orders to buy or sell. I will get into the actual reason of why the price fluctuates in the last section.
Now that we've gone over PRICE Inflation and Deflation (which honestly, to me, is a term made popular by Keynesian's to hide the real facts, as price inflation/deflation is simply the market exchange rate, reflective of the money supply into a currency from itself and other currencies), let's go over the REAL inflation/deflation of a currency (otherwise known by many as Monetary Inflation).
MoneySupply-Inflation is when the value of Bitcoin decreases when the total supply of Bitcoin increases. In our current state, this is at a generation rate of 25 BTC every 10 minutes.
MoneySupply-Deflation will essentially never occur. It is when the value of Bitcoin increases when the total supply of Bitcoin decreases. This may happen, say, when someone loses their private key and all the BTC associated with it are lost. This effectively "makes the rest of us richer". That being said, there is a SET DECREASE in the generation rate of BTC, so you have sort of a "deflationary effect" in the value, as long as more exchange occurs for BTC at a rate which is faster than that set generation rate.
When all 21 million coins are produced, the MoneySupply will be neutral, and the value will continue to increase (prices will decrease, consequently), as long as people continue to exchange in BTC.
This leads me to the last section.
What determines the PRICE of Bitcoin? The VALUE of Bitcoin at a particular moment.
What determines the VALUE of Bitcoin? The SUPPLY and DEMAND of Bitcoin in the economy.
What determines the SUPPLY of Bitcoin? Currently, the MoneySupply-Inflation rate of 25 BTC every 10 minutes, and traders willing to SELL Bitcoin to BUYERS in exchange for other supplies of money (currencies).
What determines the DEMAND of Bitcoin? Traders willing to BUY Bitcoin from SELLERS in exchange for other currencies.
Therefore: BUYERS, SELLERS, and MONEYSUPPLY-INFLATION (miners) determine the VALUE of Bitcoin, which determines the PRICE of BTC as BUYERS and SELLERS trade based on that VALUE (or supply and demand) of Bitcoin.
We don't exactly know the totality of the supply and demand. Sure, we could try and aggregate data from all the exchanges, but we will never be accurate as there are exchanges which can not be accounted for (OTC). The cool thing is that we DO know the MoneySupply rate, and we DO know the exchange rate. From this, we can determine a real value of Bitcoin when simply multiplying the two factors; a sort of inflation-adjusted view of the currency.
Effectively, the quantitative analysis of supply and demand is really what the currency exchange traders attempt to accurately determine which is conveyed through buying and selling of Bitcoin, setting a VALUE via the PRICED exchange rate of the currency. On a side note, most of the big Market Makers (FX Traders) use this price movement as a way to make a profitable living, as well. Especially when price fluctuations are a consequence of hype or fear (bubbles, cliffs), not factual supply/demand data, and are wildly out of the real price range.
Thus, if you analyze the proper macroeconomic data in an attempt to forecast future DEMAND for more Bitcoin (price increase), you will realize some very interesting things, and have a more accurate picture of where the price is going...
Happy trading!
I'm looking forward to an in-depth discussion on the subject! I've noticed that confusion between the two seems to come up quite a bit on the forum, and thought it may be reasonable to dedicate a thread on the matter.
Pulled from a discussion in Wall Observer
Price-Deflation is what you are used to hearing about in Bitcoin. That term is used to describe the prices of goods/services as they decrease, because the value of Bitcoin goes up.
Price-Inflation is the opposite. When prices of goods/services increase because the value of Bitcoin goes down.
So, when dealing with Price-Inflation or Deflation, there is an inverse relationship of price and value, in regard to goods/services and Bitcoin.
Example: As the Bitcoin price goes from $10 to $20, the prices of goods/services goes down from 20BTC to 10BTC. As the Bitcoin price goes from $20 to $10, the prices of goods/services goes from 10BTC to 20BTC!
Why does the price of Bitcoin go up and down? The price of BTC goes up and down based on the exchange rate, or market price, which is set by buyers and sellers, or traders. They directly trade the Bitcoin currency with all sorts of other currency, and even some with gold; the most popular being the USD (US dollar). They set the price when executing orders to buy or sell. I will get into the actual reason of why the price fluctuates in the last section.
Now that we've gone over PRICE Inflation and Deflation (which honestly, to me, is a term made popular by Keynesian's to hide the real facts, as price inflation/deflation is simply the market exchange rate, reflective of the money supply into a currency from itself and other currencies), let's go over the REAL inflation/deflation of a currency (otherwise known by many as Monetary Inflation).
MoneySupply-Inflation is when the value of Bitcoin decreases when the total supply of Bitcoin increases. In our current state, this is at a generation rate of 25 BTC every 10 minutes.
MoneySupply-Deflation will essentially never occur. It is when the value of Bitcoin increases when the total supply of Bitcoin decreases. This may happen, say, when someone loses their private key and all the BTC associated with it are lost. This effectively "makes the rest of us richer". That being said, there is a SET DECREASE in the generation rate of BTC, so you have sort of a "deflationary effect" in the value, as long as more exchange occurs for BTC at a rate which is faster than that set generation rate.
When all 21 million coins are produced, the MoneySupply will be neutral, and the value will continue to increase (prices will decrease, consequently), as long as people continue to exchange in BTC.
This leads me to the last section.
What determines the PRICE of Bitcoin? The VALUE of Bitcoin at a particular moment.
What determines the VALUE of Bitcoin? The SUPPLY and DEMAND of Bitcoin in the economy.
What determines the SUPPLY of Bitcoin? Currently, the MoneySupply-Inflation rate of 25 BTC every 10 minutes, and traders willing to SELL Bitcoin to BUYERS in exchange for other supplies of money (currencies).
What determines the DEMAND of Bitcoin? Traders willing to BUY Bitcoin from SELLERS in exchange for other currencies.
Therefore: BUYERS, SELLERS, and MONEYSUPPLY-INFLATION (miners) determine the VALUE of Bitcoin, which determines the PRICE of BTC as BUYERS and SELLERS trade based on that VALUE (or supply and demand) of Bitcoin.
We don't exactly know the totality of the supply and demand. Sure, we could try and aggregate data from all the exchanges, but we will never be accurate as there are exchanges which can not be accounted for (OTC). The cool thing is that we DO know the MoneySupply rate, and we DO know the exchange rate. From this, we can determine a real value of Bitcoin when simply multiplying the two factors; a sort of inflation-adjusted view of the currency.
Effectively, the quantitative analysis of supply and demand is really what the currency exchange traders attempt to accurately determine which is conveyed through buying and selling of Bitcoin, setting a VALUE via the PRICED exchange rate of the currency. On a side note, most of the big Market Makers (FX Traders) use this price movement as a way to make a profitable living, as well. Especially when price fluctuations are a consequence of hype or fear (bubbles, cliffs), not factual supply/demand data, and are wildly out of the real price range.
Thus, if you analyze the proper macroeconomic data in an attempt to forecast future DEMAND for more Bitcoin (price increase), you will realize some very interesting things, and have a more accurate picture of where the price is going...
Happy trading!
so what do you guys think about price fluctuation in the last year?
I think it gonna be really low at the begin of a year and they suddenly raising and hit another new target. Maybe 30k ? also, towards the end of the year there is an increase
Price inflation is very likely in the virtual currency market. Since it is not evenly distributed around the world, I think there are some people in the hands who have a lot of bitcoins, maybe because these people are so bitcoin market will be more inflationary when they sell out their bitcoin amounts. , and they can also buy large amounts of bitcoin
I'm looking forward to an in-depth discussion on the subject! I've noticed that confusion between the two seems to come up quite a bit on the blog, and thought it may be reasonable to dedicate a post on the matter.
I think that because the price is low because of the price, many people have bought it in bitcoin but they do not use them, if they do not use Bitcoin, they will not have any value. When you are selling something, then what you sell is bigger than you believe. "That is why trade has always been possible. It is not yet seen whether a good price will be promised in the future.
so what do you guys think about price fluctuation in the last year?
I think it gonna be really low at the begin of a year and they suddenly raising and hit another new target. Maybe 30k ?
but there is no way to know if a person loses their keys, on this side there is no way that bitcoin can increase its value.
How to value bitcoin http://clintballinger.edublogs.org/2017/12/27/bitcoins-and-balance-sheets/
so what do you guys think about price fluctuation in the last year?
The issue to me is that Bitcoin is not readily accessible as a way to reflect market trends and productivity. People squeeze new value of of existing resources and will increase productivity to unlock previously unseen value. So while it is a good store of value bit doesn't suitably reflect the work of people. This is why I have an interest in scalable lending as a part of the base protocol. It is an internal system to push people to maximize the efficiency of their goods and resources.
This is where the conversation about inflation becomes important. How do you introduce scalable and sustainable lending. Especially with Fiascos like bitconnect clouding the waters.
Thus, I am curious what peoples perspective is on anonymous and pseudo-anonymous lending. There have been some attempts to answer this question in the market, but none were truly scalable systems. What are your thoughts.?
Based on my research, I believe there are three big hurdles to overcome:
I believe it can be done and I outline my theory in the link below. I would love to discuss this seemingly very difficult question. I personally am very interested in this question because it is a way to empower people financially on a global scale. I think if done right it could completely change the game.
https://medium.com/the-digital-reserve/designing-sustainable-pseudo-anonymous-lending-a9350e1dceeb
This is where the conversation about inflation becomes important. How do you introduce scalable and sustainable lending. Especially with Fiascos like bitconnect clouding the waters.
Thus, I am curious what peoples perspective is on anonymous and pseudo-anonymous lending. There have been some attempts to answer this question in the market, but none were truly scalable systems. What are your thoughts.?
Based on my research, I believe there are three big hurdles to overcome:
- Adverse Selection
- End-Game Issues
- Market Fit
I believe it can be done and I outline my theory in the link below. I would love to discuss this seemingly very difficult question. I personally am very interested in this question because it is a way to empower people financially on a global scale. I think if done right it could completely change the game.
https://medium.com/the-digital-reserve/designing-sustainable-pseudo-anonymous-lending-a9350e1dceeb
Bitcoin is the only real money we've had since gold. Excellent thread!
I'd argue it's better than gold in many ways except fungibility.
Thanks my friend for information 
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