These are two statement from the same post...
The long term trend for bitcoin value is contraction, not expansion.
This is not a thread about the speculation of bitcoin's future, these are the facts.
my question: Aren't these two statements mutually exclusive?
edit: after rereading my post.. I should have said: Aren't these two statements contradictory?
Yes he seems to make a point but then contradict it later on in his own statement.