Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

1 Bitcoin is worth 1 Bitcoin so a government printing more money can't hurt your Bitcoin, only make it more pricy.

This assumes that you can pay for something in Bitcoin directly (which was a common thing a few years back)



If I'm understanding correctly, what you are saying is that Bitcoin is fundamentally different than say a share of Amazon because inflationary activity could actually damage Amazon as a company and therefore lower the price of Amazon shares long term whereas Bitcoin cannot be damaged in such a way because it's value is not based on any real economic activity?


> whereas Bitcoin cannot be damaged in such a way because it is not based on any real economic activity

No, Bitcoin has economic activity from transactions on the Blockchain (peer-peer) and mining activity (system-miner). This activity cannot often by disrupted by another currency minting a lot of other currency.


Got it, thanks.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: