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I see a lot of people bringing the Bitcoin's fixed supply as something “good” compared with the traditional money. While I'm a big hater of the way some governments inflate their currency and devalue people's money, I'm also not in agreement that using a deflationary currency is an advantage of the whole case. It's made in a way to be more valuable over time, but this is not how a currency should be like.

By knowing that my money will have a greater value in the future, makes me want to avoid spending it. So, by setting a fixed supply, you're instantly ruining the entire purpose of your currency. It won't be used as a medium of exchange, as it should be. Contrastingly, it'll be kept as a store of value asset and investment with the reasoning that it'll worth more in the future. On a healthy capitalization, money has to circulate.

I wouldn't say that you can compare those two. They both satisfy different needs. Traditional money is needed, otherwise there is no state and hence, no society, while Bitcoin provides financial freedom. I don't know about you, but I want these two to co-exist.