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by algo_trader 1468 days ago
Could u please game this out for me (Disclosure: i do not hold or hate crypto)?

99% of crypto users sell, or abandon their wallets

Remaining users are HODL, and even have some cash left

Demand falls, prices falls, mining difficulty adjusts, HODLs keep buying

As difficulty falls, there is a real risk of something-something-51% attack

So HODLs (acting rationally) need to spend more $$ to boost prices just to protect their existing coins

So now, we have a finite asset (coins), which do not generate income, but require non trivial constant $ cost just to protect it?