Original archived Re: Tail emission ideas that retain the 21 million limit
Scraped on 06/06/2025, 07:11:57 UTC
Having a finite total supply is one of biggest strengths of Bitcoin compares to overwhelming thousands of shitcoins on the market.
Finite supply is overrated [1].
If you need any example, see how the Purchasing Power of US. dollar and other fiat currencies drop dramatically over time as consequences of inflation.
Fiat is a bad example, since unlike most cryptocurrencies, it's not even disinflationary.
[1]
https://tromp.github.io/blog/2020/12/20/soft-supply