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by yks 1943 days ago
That’s the underappreciated argument. If we to assume that the collective will power is all it takes to create an alternative asset, e.g. the narrative “gold is old, we need a new one” then it follows that it can and will be repeated. I don’t see why people not born yet would play by the rules of the future “Bitcoin wealthy elites” when they could become elites themselves by hyping another asset/cryptocoin instead. Thus even if the narrative of “store of value” and “hedge against inflation” turns out to be correct, I still don’t believe Bitcoin supremacy will last longer than a single human generation.