Quote from: deisik on April 06, 2020, 12:38:19 PM

If you don't know what antifragility is, as Nassem Taleb defines it, you may want to read his book on the subject matter

Put succinctly, antifragility with respect to Bitcoin refers to its becoming stronger as everything else around it tumbles and falls apart. Well, as Taleb himself points out, there's no absolute antifragility, and it necessarily comes at the expense of something else, the latter being the source of antifragility as such. For example, humanity as a whole becomes more resistant to Covid-19 specifically because some people die from it (natural selection at work)

So the question is, if Bitcoin is antifragile (which seems to be the case in certain or even most life circumstances), what does its antifragility come from? As recent events have shown (e.g. the coronavirus pandemic), Bitcoin gains where regular currencies fail, especially cash payments, or even when it itself takes a hit (e.g. BitMEX's little shenanigans). But that's definitely not the only reason which gives rise to, and more generally facilitates, its antifragile nature

I would like to look into this matter deeper and in greater detail - with your help, of course. Please share your thoughts

Unfortunately if the natural selection we are talking about will go according to a virus which can mutate anytime I do not think we will have a better chance of surviving this selection that you are taking about 😂.

But more or so Bitcoins is not antifragile but a certain degree of stability is provided by the fact that the price of Bitcoins is invariably changed by the individual people , which is not controlled by any body , so it stays in balance somehow most of the times.

But this also have certain exceptions :- like when whales decides to increase or decrease the price , it certainly makes a huge difference and creates problem for the community.