1 - I thought that I saw the OP write somewhere upthread that changing the technology/protocol to increase tps (on-chain or off-chain) would increase the value of bitcoin, and as a result would not be "ideal money" -- it is possible he was making the argument regarding
Bitcoin (the protocol).
My understanding is that a TPS increase would raise the value as a currency device,
but at the cost of its value as gold. The value of the currency is speculative, where the
value as a gold is stable and predicable due to TPS restriction. OP has stated multiple times,
"Bitcoin will not be the "Ideal Money". Bitcoin needs to stay put now, to bring about the
creation of the "Ideal Money" later.
Regardless of the above, I believe that a decent amount of bitcoin's price is speculation that Bitcoin's utility will increase in the future, which would result in more people both buying and using bitcoin. Also, as mentioned before, if the cost of using Bitcoin continues to escalate, then I believe that an altcoin will eventually emerge that can handle more tps, and has other qualities desired by the market.
I personally fully agree. I think there needs to be a balancing over time.
OP thinks bitcoin with a TPS restriction will gain immeasurable value and usher in a new
future monetary policy, because bitcoin has remained as gold, and not turned into currency.
If you ignore the above, and assume the OP is right, then you would essentially have a situation in which local currencies are pegged to that of bitcoin. ...
... If countries with major economies started doing this with bitcoin, then the global economy would likely destabilize, IMO.
If OP is right, than in theory, some governments will peg to bitcoin UNTIL a world body forms
to create their own mimic. This mimic version would be the "Ideal Money" that came about only
to compete against bitcoin and the other "Alternative Options".
Yes, if major economies started all taking on bitcoin as like a "One World Currency", it wouldn't
work, thus they need to create their own, aka the "Ideal Money".
2 - Yes, I saw that the OP said that increasing Bitcoin's tps will cause it to destroy it's gold-like properties, although I think I also saw that he said it will increase the utility of Bitcoin. I also thought that he said it would cause the value of Bitcoin to increase, causing it to no longer have a stable value.
Yes, it seems very contradictory because he is using terms that must be only read in the context
of how they are written. If you could point me to the specific point he said, I could either explain it
or see that there is indeed some contradiction.
I agree with the first part, he has said that, but the second part may be incorrect. I would assume
with the second part the OP meant that "as TPS increases, it no longer has a stable value". Stable
value is not "stable" in the way that the word is normally defined. The word in his context means
steady increase that is predicable. So, when bitcoin becomes a currency, it is no longer stable because
there is no fixed cap that controls the predictable flow of transference.