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Re: [ANN] Grin | PoW Mining | Electronic transactions for all. Community driven.
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RivAngE
on 19/03/2019, 09:45:19 UTC
What is going on with grin coin? I read some of the comments on here and they don't seem too bad, and the general cryptocurrency market is not doing bad right now but the grin coin price is down like 70% since it started trading on Poloniex.  Are they diluting, company selling coins on the market, or no buying interest? I bought some, bought more then bought more and all I did was lose Cry

https://github.com/mimblewimble/docs/wiki/Monetary-Policy

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RO3zc5AvfN9rcVnrYnLjqCikFLHmD39_7MCV18lDrvc/edit#gid=0

I just read something very interesting in their Monetary Policy explanation!

"Currencies with set supply are extremely experimental. Miners likely need incentives to secure the chain beyond only fees. Note: currency deflation is historically not a good thing."

I had never asked the question before: What happens when if in a few years the mining rewards fall bellow a level which can support all the produced ASIC miners?
I guess many people might think that the Bitcoin's price will magically go higher in order to keep the mining profitable, just like many though the price couldn't go bellow 5000$ (or was it 4500$?) because mining would become unprofitable.
What will happen in about 1.5 years when the next halving takes place if Bitcoin's price is still around 4000$? Most likely half of the mining hardware will shut down. In that moment, there'll be enough dormant hardware to 51% attack Bitcoin itself. Scary stuff.

On that regard, GRIN is more balanced and future-proof safe.
Bitcoin's limited supply sounds good to investors, but there are some serious implications in the long term.