Regulation will go a long way to flushing out those absurd anarco-libertarians who plague the bitcoin echosystem. Sure, regulation will hinder some things here and there--after all there is no such thing as perfect regulation--but if Bitcoin and crypto is to die, it won't be due to regulation but despite it.

Regulation, when done well, is what makes things sustainable.

Sell all your coins and go back to the real world. You are worried, and you are asking this question. You don't belon here.

bloody hell is reading comprehension no longer a thing?

fxsurfer, you really, really need to study fundamental economics.

Let's make some essentials cristal clear.

IF the supply of bitcoin remains unchanged
IF the demand of bitcoin remains unchanged

then over time the "exchange value" to, say, the US dollar WILL indeed change, with a unit of BTC becoming worth "more" units of dollars. That's for the fundamental truth that the value of a unit of dollar, over time, decreases (rapidly).

Now, that the supply will not increase, but rather decrese, is a well established FACT, it will not change.
One uncertainty is wether the number of users and uses of bitcoin will increase, stagnate, or decline. That will, of course, impact its growth in value.

While we cannot predict how much Bitcoin will be Worth in a day, month, or decade's time, we can sat for certain that its scarcity will be a major factor in deciding its value. Obviously if there won't be any demand at all, it won't be Worth any money at all... but this is a somewhat obvious yet unlikely scenario. not really anything you can be insightful about.

So, you're either being completely lapalissian, claming that if there is no value for bitcoin it won't be Worth anything, or you're being--frankly--ignorant in claming that scarcity alone isn't a key value driver.

good job, you've discovered elasitcity of demand. now go study some more to realize why your conclusions are not neccesarely very insightful or likely.

Bitcoin is not a good in the sense potatoes are, that's one place where you can start.

Don't really see why. What mechanism do you foresee as the enabler for somthing like this?

That's never going to happen, you never restart an economy from zero. The closest you can get to that would be carpet-bombing the world back to the middle ages. Even then you'd still have people with more than others that woukd still be a continuation of the current economy.

No. why should it?

In a very small ammount. Law enforcement will still find the way to coerce people. Corporations will continue to excercise control on society same as always

anybody ignorant enough to be religious has no place in the future, so good riddance. Even those most fundamentalist will come around once the system becomes mainstream (if it ever does).

From who? Guys who have been around here 6+ years, with plenty of experience in what they are talking about? Who do you want comments from then?
I am perfectly happy with you sharing your insight, but that isn't what you did in this thread. insignt needs reasoning, developement. you simply went for the quick&easy Death call.

I'd love to see your point elaborated.

I can't understand if some folk on here are criminally stupid, incapable of simple observation, or genuinely malicious.

What trend is going to zero? elaborate your "opinions", or don't express them at all. You don't "think" when you write stuff like this, devoid of reason or value.

To answer your question, it's possible for Bitcoin to be Worth 0. It's also possible for it to be Worth 100,000. As far as trend goes, a trend isn't made of half hours, it's made of years.

Why do we keep pretending we know where Bitcoin's going to be in the future?

Why do we keep saying we'll see ATHs, or that we'll never rise again... without even the barest of minimum supporting pieces of evidence shown?

@CryptoPlumplori spoken like a person who wasn't able to keep a good life balance.

"this" is nothing different than everything else, in life you need balance. balanced time usage, balanced stress, balanced risk, balanced relationships, etc.
It's fine to be here, it's fine to try and play your hands as well as you think you can. as long as you're not here EXPECTING to become something or someone. unless you expect to be INFALLIBLE. But that's exactly the same in every aspect of life.

If you're a failure, you'll be a failure wherever you are. and vice versa.