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by solosoyokaze 1950 days ago
You (and I) own dollars but the government can always print more. It's like owning shares in a company that has the habit of regularly issuing more shares, diluting you. We know the denominator on BTC (21,000,000) the denominator on USD is unknown and always increasing.

The fixed, deflationary nature of Bitcoin isn't the only financial instrument we need, but it is desperately needed in its own right.