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Re: Proposal: Idea for a much more stable bitcoin
by
marcus_of_augustus
on 07/07/2011, 05:11:18 UTC

Bitcoin is getting more and more stable all the time ... just another non-problem.

Wider adoption will introduce more stability will introduce wider adoption will ....

(see chodpaba time series analysis, the waves are getting broader and longer with each cycle => percentage-wise the volatility will decrease)

As I type, MtGox, Low: 13.51  High: 16.5

That's a change of 22.1% IN ONE DAY.  This is stability?  For perspective, the Dollar moved against the Euro by 0.8% today.  The dollar has fallen against the Euro by about the same 22% margin.... it just took EIGHT YEARS rather than a day.

"more stability" implies relative stability, no? 40% movements have been recorded not so long ago.

For some real perspective, the dollar is 200 hundred years old, bitcoin is 2 years old.

If the dollar was moving 22% in a day against anything after 200 years it would be time to get the hell out.

No, relative stability doesn't work.  By that logic I could declare I'm starting to dig the next grand canyon.  I dug a 10ft hole in my backyard in 1 day.  Grand canyon took thousands of years of erosion to create.  Relatively speaking, I'm on good pace!

Hint:  when you are in a hole stop digging ... you appear to be out of your depth here.