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Re: Bitcoin Economic Numbers
by
evoorhees
on 25/07/2011, 16:43:41 UTC


I'd have a tendency to reflect on Gresham's Law:
"Bad money drives out good if their exchange rate is set by law."

All fiat currencies are ultimately made worthless as a result of human nature. Bitcoin by design, avoids such manipulation. Therefore, I believe Bitcoin fits the category of "good money" in Gresham's Law and as a result will always have a much higher value than any central bank issued fiat.

Cheers!

maxkoda

 

Gresham's Law is only relevant when there is, as your quotation states, a fixed exchange rate between a "bad" money and a "good" money.  When the exchange rate is market-based, as with Bitcoin, Gresham's Law is not relevant.

In these cases, another law comes into play. It's called "Fiat money sucks balls law" and it predicts Bitcoin will be huge  Smiley