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by danuker 1322 days ago
The floor denominated in dollars can still go to zero.

The utility of Bitcoin is its global payment network.

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No, if dollars suffer hyperinflation, companies are still worth the present value of future cash flows. They'll suffer like everyone else in a tough environment, but they won't go to zero unless the company goes bankrupt. Bitcoin, on the other hand, has next to no utility and no profits. It can go to zero.
> The utility of Bitcoin is its global payment network.

So zero then?

The floor of dollars is the might of the US military. If you haven’t noticed it’s prettttty strong these days.
I keep hearing this repeated, but the link between military and the strength of the dollar is tenuous at best.
Oil priced in dollars. Countries forced to buy/hold dollars. Country tries to use another currency to buy their oil, they end up like Saddam or Gaddafi c/o the US military.
Brazil, India, China might be too much for US military. Or at least two of those.
The military has the power to stop hyperinflation?
Yes. It’s cringe but a war in the right circumstances could stop price growth in the US
But, the floor of profits for a company is not denominated in dollars. It is shit you put in your mouth and eat or a useful product like a refrigerator which you can put things which allow you to not die.

Bitcoin, on the other hand, is some electricity, and arguably a waste of it.

>It is shit you put in your mouth and eat

/happy gilmore