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by tromp 1114 days ago
> The US dollar has lost >97% of it's value just since the inception of the Federal Reserve in 1913

That's over a 100 years ago. I can easily see bitcoin lose much of its value in about 4 decades when the block subsidy is negligible and it relies almost exclusively on transaction fees for security.

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>I can easily see bitcoin lose much of its value in about 4 decades when the block subsidy is negligible and it relies almost exclusively on transaction fees for security.

I actually agree with this, and that's one reason I, too, prefer Monero - the tail emissions + tx fees are more economically sustainable than tx fees alone.