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Friends, can you invest your money on an altcoin that have an infinite max supply? I have interest in a altcoin, it have the ability to render RPC service to other crypto project, but the infinite supply is a big turn off for me, do you think it's worth the risk? The name of this project is POKT, Pocket Network.

Upon searching the "POKT" and Pocket Network, you meant this, right?

https://www.pokt.network/

It will be worthwhile if it goes viral or something, but having an infinite supply could cause problems for an investor. The value of the token we want to decrease has a higher chance of being worthless because of that infinite supply. It's going to be turmoil.

I agree with you, that usually projects that have a token that is deflationary is way more attractive to investors because if you buy now and more and more tokens get burnt over time than the tokens that you have are getting more and more valuable automatically. That is not always true in reality though obviously because if a project is bad and is not delivering then it also won't matter if their token is deflationary or not. It's price will still go down.
I recently bought some Cosmos even though their supply is also inflationary, but the project itself is just so attractive, at least to me, that i still bought some tokens. So far the price performance of Cosmos is pretty good, even though the token supply is inflationary.

Only you can answer it if the risk is gonna be worth it. I don't invest in altcoins that have infinite max for its supply.

That's why I can't tell if it's worth the shot. Since you've mentioned that it's a turn of to you then why you're asking if it's worth for anyone to invest on that type of altcoins?

Then, from the beginning you should avoid such projects if you think that they're a big turn off.

The fact that a project would make an infinite supply of their coin already would make me suspicious about that coin. It isn’t necessary a crime but the fact that they have an infinite supply make the chances of them manipulating there coin high.

Obviously the problem here when people dyor coin/token will see many altcoins with infinite supply. I used to be as skeptical as OP, but I put the problem to other products if they have no value then people will not naturally accept to trade them, of course many risks can not be guaranteed. And with OP's suggestion then I think you can read about ETH again, that will help you to see the difference and chance to get better position.

Are you sure? the price of this token is keep declining despite the whole crypto market are green because of the Bitcoin price is increase, I don't think this token is good if you want to make money, because it's seems the token doesn't focus to increase the token price, but they will keep create new token out of thin air and that's will make the price of the token will not increase.

https://i.postimg.cc/59g4Pnz1/pokt.png
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/pocket-network

too many adverse side effects if the project has an Infinite supply. prices to be manipulated, tokens not to be burned, and many more. it will make the project more and more worthless. I think it is very risky to choose such a project to invest in. in fact, a token with a very large supply is enough to arouse suspicion from various parties, while this project dares to make its supply unlimited. then, what are the advantages of the token if the supply is Infinite?

Annual inflation must be justified by the development of the project or the growth of the ecosystem. If inflation is high and the ecosystem is not growing, then this is bad for the project. Ethereum has an infinite supply of coins, but a lot of coins are burned, so inflation is very low. Up to 10% inflation can be considered normal, but the project must develop. Otherwise, the price of tokens will fall.

Assessing a good project or not includes many factors, not just supply. Don't jump to the conclusion that an infinite supply is not good or unattractive, don't forget that ETH is also designed to have an infinite supply. So far, ETH is still the top altcoin, and not a single coin can replace it even though it has changed the mechanism and is burning a lot of ETH every day.
I don't know about the project you are referring to, you need to do careful research when making an investment decision, and supply is not the only factor in evaluating a coin.

Infinite supply is a serious problem for any coin in eyes of investors who feel more risk and less chance of growth for such coin.

However, risk is less and chance is bigger with Proof of Work algorithm. Example is Dogecoin.

Risk is bigger and chance is smaller with smart contract token. Investors feel fearful that new massive circulating supply will be minted by developers or hackers within few seconds. If anyone doesn't know about such effects, see Terra $LUNA now is Terra Classic $LUNC as an example. After massive minting from Do Kwon team, that token fell to hell.

Coinmarketcap marked tokens with mintable Mint function in smart contract on their website. It is a good warning for investors.

Is the economy of the coin actually working with that infinite supply (if that was somehow possible)? If it was controlled, and the influence of said infinite max supply was only for certain economy-breaking situations then it may be okay, at least until everything goes wrong (which in most altcoins is always the case anw). Still, just the fact that they use an infinite supply model is already a red flag in most cases, wouldn't generally recommend it as an investment really.

Before you invest in an altcoin, make sure you have researched everything about the project, I mean, don't be a stupid investor who only believes in the vision of the project. BTW, Ethereum also has an unlimited supply, just like the Pocket Network, but Ethereum as the L-1 network acts as the parent of all transactions on that network, besides that, the ecosystem on Ethereum is also very large, so the supply is unlimited no longer a problem for people. I suggest you to read Pocket Network Tokenomics (https://docs.pokt.network/learn/economics/token/) first, before investing.

AFAIK, Ethereum has an infinite supply and yet it is attractive to investors, so the unlimited supply option is bad for long-term trading for more than 3 years, because with a 99% chance of a price drop, it is more likely.

As for the medium and short term, how:

 - distribution of those coins.
 - Percentage of ownership of the developer team and central platforms.
 - Coin burning rate and who can burn.
 - The mechanism of generating currencies and whether it is limited every period or infinite.
 - The current number of coins.

It is what will determine whether it is a good or bad investment.

The project is not bad, they are already in partnership with big projects throughout crypto space, that's good enough, you can invest some amount of money and mind you, this project is still fairly new, meaning that a good price can still be achieved in coming years, do not use present value to judge the future performance of the project.

just like doge and shibainu they are still at risk and have the opportunity to fail, but if you look at it from the community it seems that it is still very far away, and it is also undeniable that your project can be like that just do more in-depth research and always pay attention to the roadmap.

To me it makes a little difference, focus on what the project is solving, if it's good enough it will get better, the value keeps dropping for now but it can still make a turnaround later, the choice is yours to make, I kinda prefer tokens with very small max supply, from 10million to 400million max, they always look more attractive and deflationary too.

It depends if there is a keen, maybe even obsessive community behind it. The SHIB supply is borderline ridiculous but it still pumped hard & did very well during the last bull run.

Obviously supply cap coins are a lot more attractive & in my opinion will be much more lucrative but there is money to be made in the right big supply coins/tokens. It might feel a bit like roulette picking the winners though.

You are going on the right path. You have to do the research before you put your money in any project.
Infinite supply is surely a spoiler but at the same time we also have to look at the development of the project and the team.
If the project is worth it and has a good team and community then we can try our luck by investing some of our money into it.
But if any of these are a red flags then we should reconsider our decision about investing in it.
Too many red flags are a sign you shouldn't go for it.

Base token projects are unlikely to bring long-term value and are often mercilessly dumped regardless of how much the project owner develops the project. There will be a lot of improvement in the way the project's tokens are issued. Nodes will have to vote on the projected reform. Either worthless or changeable.

It's not even worth with the risk. You can lose all of your money in a short time. Unlimited supply = price goes down. It's caused by when the new token will be minted and it will be dumped to the market. You shall try to avoid to deal with this kind of project.

There are bunch of good projects in the market and why shall you try to risk your money to invest in a shitty scam project like that? Keep in your mind that investing in the unlimited token meant you just gave your money for free to the scammers.

The scammers are behind the unlimited token. Please avoid this and you shall carefully with your money.

Infinite supply itself is not some strong obstacle if the project itself has strong fundamental characteristics and utility. For example, the same ETH. In addition, the project, with infinite supply, can have a coin-burning function to control the issue. If we are talking about new projects, I would consider such coins only when they are worth very little and when they are at the very beginning of their lifecycle. In principle, it is possible to profit from Pocket Network, now there are good conditions for that. But this is not investment advice, always do your own research.

Having infinite max supply is not a good sign for many people but not necessarily, it depends on the project as a whole, people usually like it when they see low supply but most of the time they are disappointed when the project fails despite the low supply.

Max Supply is not the only indicator of whether the project is successful or not, there are many other indicators that must be researched deeply before investing in any project.

Yes, I can but it's not an easy decision to make though. It is much more easier to invest in a deflationary coin of a good project than the one with infinite supply.
However, decisions on buying a coin is not just about the supply issue although that is also important, we have to consider the prospect of the project and the capacity of the Dev team to deliver.

No, it wasn't the value or the price is the one that he is judging but it was the supply of the coin which was said to be infinite but indeed that we should not judge a project overall only because of its supply because if we think about it, there are even projects out there who has an extremely or relatively low supply but still performs badly. It can be that these projects doesn't have a good utility to attract more people to invest on them.

On the other hand, there are also projects which supply is unlimited but still performs well, a good example would be ETH but IDK now that they have transitioned to POS, if the supply is now known and reduced or it was still the same.

For me, I rather buy  token with small supply. In the long term run it will not be good because when we have infinite supply the demand will always be satisfied there will not triggering factor for it to pump. I remembered a certain token last year, they have infinite number of supply though they are having thousands of traders still the price went down even though there are any times they burn some.

I can't really talk about "that" one, because it is a specific token and I do not have any knowledge about it at all. However, if the question at hand is just the fact that there are limitless (infinite supply) projects then I have to say that it is not a make or break thing.

There are very good projects with limited or unlimited supplies, there are very bad ones with limited or unlimited one as well. Which shows you that supply is never the reason why a project could be good or fail in the end. I personally believe that we shouldn't really be focusing on how we could profit based on the tokenomics, but also the honesty and the talents of the project developers.

I will not risk my money on this kind of shit coin if there is no hype at that time that can rise up the price. But although I bought the coins because of hype probabilities, after the hype and getting a rising price, I will sell the coins. For, it is too risky if we are investing in an infinite token supply project that will lead to  whatever the amount of the coins. Much greater the supply, the risk to drop is higher. Except that it is a trusted project.
However if you are brave with the risks and able to manage the risk, including the investment, just do it. But, never force yourself to invest in this kind of coin or token.

If it goes viral as the earlier reply stated, it can be a good short term investment since this kind of altcoin project will eventually die down unless the marketing team can do exemplary works that enable the project to thrive despite of its disadvantage of having infinite supply.

I also avoid this kind of project because too much coin supply will hinder its price growth especially when the amount of pre-mined is too much.  I have lots of experience on altcoins that crashes or unable to increase its market price because of too much coin in circulation.  Worst, the team that suppose to be working to make the market grow dump their reserve tokens and run with the money.

Avoid the coin, an infinite supply is never a good idea, as incredible as the invention of bitcoin was, one of the reasons bitcoin has a very high value is because of one very simple set of characteristics, bitcoin has a limited supply, we know the rate at which is mined and we have a rough idea of when all the coins will be mined.

By investing in a coin with an unlimited supply you are putting your faith on the developers of that coin not abusing their power, and we have seen over and over again what happens when you give people that kind of power.

I think it won't matter if they really have a good product development plan.
Because in the crypto space, projects with an infinite supply are also numerous and very successful.
With Pocket Network, this is my first time hearing about it, but on testing I think the price will increase if it spreads more widely.

Yes, but only on one altcoin and that's Ethereum... and maybe DOGE.

Aside from these 2 altcoins, I don't think I'll invest into other altcoins that have infinite number of supply. On that category, only Ethereum is I think the best altcoin out there to invest your money with. It's proven and has been on the top for a long time already. It has many users and has many projects that has built on it (smart contract platform).

Pocket Network? You're advertising this one right? Good luck I guess, but it's useless.

Just because ETH did it and managed to keep it alive doesn't mean that all else will be the same. Plus, I still think that ETH will have to limit it eventually, I get that it can continue like this thanks to the fact that we are still early in the crypto world, and in the distant future when we go to a higher supply that means we should also be a higher market cap in everything, well at least hopefully, like bitcoin being 10 trillion dollars marketcap.

But that still leaves the future bleak, if in 10 years it is still not a problem that's good, but in 20 years? 30? 50? 100? We all know that at some point this unlimited will be a problem even for ethereum.

Projects like these are only good at first and you need to be on the first few people to invest into it before it will garner enough hype. That, only if it will make enough hype then people would start buying it. The very huge risks associated with this kind of project is that, there is no guarantee that this altcoin would make enough value in the market where the competitions are tight, and it is guaranteed that this project will gradually losses it's value in long term if they won't make a constant innovations within the project to burn some tokens.

Investing in itself is a risky business. And investing in something incomprehensible to me personally looks completely unacceptable. I will stay with my opinion and will invest in what has already been tested

Speaking of ETH you remind me of this, it doesn't matter how much they have, because they have to have a use value first. I will take an example of cars that appear in life, it is limitless but the point is always worth it because people need to use it by nature.
So sometimes considering any criterion needs to look at what it really is, and whether it is widely applied.

I am confused, Ethereum is now a deflationary project, how come it doesn't have finite max supply? The only information I can find on coinmarketcap has no max supply but only total supply, I always think this will change once they upgrade to PoS, what part of the information am I not getting?

https://i.imgur.com/uFPsDSX.jpeg

it seems that if the use case is good the coin will definitely always be used regardless of the amount of supply that is not limited or not.
Another thing that I pay attention to is whether the coin has been on the market long enough and not a new coin in circulation.
do more in-depth research on the project, team, community, dev, investors, etc.

The supply issue cannot be ignored that easily as it has a huge influence on the price of the coin and how it can move, for example there are some coins out there in which only a small amount of coins are sold to the public and the rest are kept by the developers.

This gives them a massive advantage as in the case the coin begins too go up in value the ones that benefit the most out of such a movement are the developers, and not necessarily the community which did everything to make their project a success.

I would not invest in the coin, it will make the price even lower, the more supply, the more liquidity is needed for the token to have a price in the market.

I think you know the risk you choose when investing in the token

@OP just look at the all time price chart of the project you were considering for investment and for me the project is dying and it doesn't make sense to invest any of your money into the project and or any other project it doesn't have limited supply.

Investing in altcoins with an infinite supply comes with risks, as the constant minting of new tokens can affect the coin's price and value. Projects with a truly infinite supply are highly likely to be scams or lack a solid foundation. While there are legitimate projects with unique use cases and solid foundations that have survived, they're really too few and won't last long. So don't really spend all your money on projects like this because it's like playing with fire.

Well technically if your share would grow with the supply it doesn't matter. Value of the single coin would eventually drop issuance rate is too high but at the same time your share could have same or higher value and marketcap could have higher value too. It depends on many things if i would invest or not.

If supply raises rapidly, chart won't look good to any trader who does technical analysis so in charts so it won't be picked up by any speculator. It really would depend on issuance rate and future plans.

Infinite supply only good if it have burn mechanism that keeps the total supply from being too much, in the case of ethereum, it's utility is so good that majority don't even mind its total supply that's
being called out as infinite, but if the total supply that is infinite is used as an excuse for the devs to keep generating more and more coin then that'll be really bad for your investment.
usually i just don't invest in these kind of coin with ethereum as an exception, since its utility is good.
just move on and choose different coin if you're really hesitant in investing in a coin with such infinite supply. after all, we aren't lacking of any good coins.

It's a big red flag. The dev can generate coin anytime as they want and dump it to the market. It can also lead the project to the inflation that will always be pressing the price to go down as soon as possible.
Avoid to deal with the project that has a big red flag like that. it's not worth to touch it. think about that. The legit project never used infinite supply for that.

My personal opinion that is not so bad if a coin has infinite supply, but one needs to pay attention to the kind of program that supply is supposed to have and compare it with the possible adoption or success the coin could have in the crypto space.

For example, Dogecoin has infinite supply and its drive force is based on the love of the community for the meme and the dog that was based on.
In the case of Monero, it has also a infinite supply, but the supply rate is considerably slower compared to the possible adoption of Monero for its unique privacy features.

A shitcoin would have infinite supply and that supply would be too big to have any comparison with future demand for the asset. Those are my thoughts.

The only infinite supply coin that everyone likes is Dogecoin. Yeah, it's still not changing and it's still one of the most beloved memecoins that everyone has but that's much it is before the hype of these meme coins. It's no longer interesting when there have been a bunch of them being made by these developers thinking that it's gonna be loved by the majority. Well, there's sort of right with that but it's not for the long run because people's desire are changing and with these memecoins and other altcoins that have infinite supplies, you're unsure of their future and inflation there is gonna be higher than what you can think of.

I see that the highest POKT price occurred at the initial listing, which was around $ 3 (coingecko) and currently the POKT price is in the range of $ 0.03 .
I think this is not only talking about the total supply but also the quality of the project. I don't think this project is feasible for long term investment and more feasible for short term investment because I see the 24 hour volume is still quite large which is above $400k.

for some people who take high risks they buy these coins because they have the opportunity to provide very high profits in a short time and this case happens a lot with meme coins.

Well, this should answer the question of the OP, since the release of this coin it has done nothing but to go down and it crashed almost 99% during a single year, if this is not a sign that coin is in a really bad shape then I do not know what it is, now it is true that it still has some trading volume, but it is a very weak form of consolation for those that believed on this project, invested early in it and now they are facing huge losses due to their naivete.

Everyone has the same reasons about making such huge profits but that's unsure if they'll get it.

Some are lucky to have it but many don't really earn that much with these set of coins. If you're able to make with such and you think that you can maintain it then that's a good luck to you.

But if you do realize that only a few people really makes money from these infinite supply coins or if they day trade and they make money then that's a good thing for them too.

altcoins that have an infinity supply really don't need to be questioned anymore,
because demand will not be able to help increase prices if the supply of these altcoins is always increasing,
but if the altcoin project has a Burning event every month or has a Halving event then high demand might help increase prices of the altcoins.

In my opinion, investing in an altcoin with a maximum unlimited supply such as POKT (Pocket Network) has certain risks that need to be considered carefully. Before investing, you should do in-depth research about the altcoin project you are interested in. You should consider aspects such as Coin supply, Usage, and adoption so you can decide whether the potential gains are worth the risks.

That is one approach but I think it is much better to simply ignore them completely, a coin that has an unlimited supply is simply too similar to fiat to ignore it, in fact we know that such feature of fiat was one of the main reasons Satoshi decided to create bitcoin to begin with, by electing to invest in those coins you are going directly against the intentions of Satoshi which created and made this market thrive, so it seems like the best thing we can do when it comes to those coins is to simply leave them alone.

I totally agree with you, ignore any coin that has an Infinite supply of altcoins because they can mint coins whenever they want for the benefit of the team, so we look at the trading history then there is always a daily high selling because the team has sold assets to steal liquidity on the dex exchange, so ignore all those coins because we have top coins worth investing instead of throwing funds in the abyss.

that's quite the miniscule amount honestly the trading volume isn't anything big at all, i would definitely avoid investing in a coin that has already went downhill yet still have infinity supply just doesn't seem to be worth it to be honest.

the risk of the devs keep minting the token or the coin just doesn't seem to be worth it, though the token might have potential but i consider that as a red flag and would be hesitant same as you.
i just don't think investing in these infinite supply token or coin just seemed to be best idea out there, after all, it seems they really don't wanna let go the opportunity of having a way or an authority to do something to their coins.

infinite supply is a big red flag. that means the developers were putting the code to mint the token anytime. It will be giving long term impact as the dev silently minting more tokens by themselves to be dumped to the market again. It will never become a good decision to invest in the token which has unlimited supply at this moment. it will be so stupid if you keep doing it.

Never ever consider on investing anymore with this kind of supply on having that infinite. Come to have an example on SLP which is the coin you earn on playing Axie infinity on which it does have an unlimited supply and look on what happened?  The price dropped into the ground and would really be almost dying which it would be the fate of these type of coins. Come to think that even on having that quadrillion supply of some meme coins then what happened? They might be having some burning mechasnisms or have literally burned out the half of it but still the circulating supply is still really
that much.
So if you do find out that investing on that POKT is a big hindrance for you because of infinite supply.Then it would be better that you should really be that skipping this project
and find for another which is really worth for your money to invest on.

endless supply, as you say. In other words, it means a crypto currency that has no end and will constantly increase as it increases in the market. In general, all products gain value as they are limited. How valuable can something that is in continuous production be because its circulation will never stop? After a while, it will fall even lower than the prices you bought, and eventually it will inevitably end up as garbage. I am in favor of not investing.

While it is true that a coin with an infinite supply will eventually see its price go to zero, it is important to remember that the supply of a coin is just one side of the coin, it is also important to remember the demand has a great influence on the price of an asset, so even if an asset had a very low supply if it does not have a use case then the demand for that coin will be on the low side and as such it will never become valuable, regardless of the claims the developers behind that coin could make.

Pretty simple, it was another dead project and the developers don't care about it as their intention is to scam people.
Because they'll know that some new investors are looking for cheap coins and they'll give the bait of showing it to them. But as we have enough market experience, we know what will happen next. This is what actually happen to me before, I bought cheap coins thinking it will grow during the bull season but unfortunately, that was a dumb decision as it never happen it grow, instead, it was delisted from the exchanges.

that's true, but we also need to know that some infinite supply coins could also have burning mechanism that outweight the coins generated. sometimes the coin being considered or categorized as having some infinite supply coin not because its infinite and the devs gonna generate as much coin as they can but because there's not fixed known total supply, since the coin is minted, but sometimes there's mechanism to counter that such as burning that already mentioned above.
I think it's also important to know how to calculate and projecting how the circulating supply of a project that has infinite total supply.

Supply and demand undoubtedly influence an asset's price, but let us not forget that utility is the backbone of any token's value. No use case? It's tantamount to holding an unlit torch in the darkest of nights.

You fell for the enticing yet deceptive lure of cheap tokens, hoping for a bullish market to propel their value. Alas, they ended up being delisted - the crypto equivalent of a ghost town. But take heart! These experiences, while not particularly pleasant, are crucial in molding us into shrewd investors. Remember, the crypto market isn't a lottery; it's a game of strategy, and due diligence is the name of the game. Stand tall, and remember, laughter is the best medicine!

it seems that everyone can invest in something like that, but the risk is very big. however if someone is already aware of the current trend they will still jump in and weigh the risks.

I think supply doesn’t matter for a good project which they have larger investors community. For a meme coin there is billions supply so that's why there gone to death quickly. But low supply good support for price rising. Even if they have million investors planal then supply not matter for price.

Yes it is very risky in my opinion. Maximum supply is made so that there is no price collapse due to the influence of supply and demand. If that coin has unlimited supply, what happens to the price of that coin? I don't think people will invest in a project like that.

Supply of coins matter independent of how large or small the community is, how do you think the coin will improve in price when the demand remain the same or lower while the coin keep saturating the entire market, the project will die in a blink of an eye, even this memes like Shiba and Pepe are all cap to maintain a maximum supply and become deflationary when holders send the coins from one wallet to another and I also think Maximum supply, Initial supply and circulating supply all exists for this reason, if you have an altcoin projects project without puting this in place, the project will die and will lack volume because traders wouldn't come close to your projects.

No we have something that already has infinite supply...fiat.  the whole point of crypto was one to take control of your own money as well as a known supply that can never be changed.  If something has infinite supply (doge) price will go in the long run.  Demand for a coin can only get so high so once supply exceeds that demand its to the price cellar it will be headed to.

supply still matters though despite high demand, simply because there have been history of coin getting massive correction because the vesting is about to unlock thats alone already good sign that total supply does matter a lot.

even if the coin have limited supply, if it's too much it's also the same as infinite supply, in the case of meme coin in general, they have so much supply that their value each valued like next to zero.
investing in these infinite supply coins just like massive big red flag that instantly makes me hesitant in investing in the coin any further.
heck even with so many vested coins locked up waiting for it to just dump the market right away gives me hesitation of investing in those, after all, we aren't lacking coins for investment.
but finding the coin with prospect is of essence.

It is true but at the same time I consider this to be a marketing device and nothing more, after all would not be more simple to just create a coin with a hard limit and a known inflation rate? Why go through the trouble of creating such a convoluted solution when they could have made it more straightforward? And to me this is simply because of marketing, for a time coins which burned their supply were very popular so developers created their coin in this way to try to take advantage of this kind of hype.

Price growth is hard if you have infinite supply. You need to find a very valuable reason why you need to use such alt.
And think about the reason why they have infinite supply, normally, it is for the developers' pockets.
A coin with limited supply is the same as well, if there's no valid use case, it can easily go down the drain.
If you want to see if the coin is promising, don't only look for its supply, but will it be used by many or just selected few?

Investing in an altcoin with an infinite max supply, like POKT, can be a risky proposition. While the project's ability to render RPC service to other crypto projects may sound promising, the unlimited supply could negatively impact its long-term value. It's essential to carefully evaluate the project's fundamentals, market demand, and potential risks before making any investment decisions.

it matters a lot. it also determine each coin value beforehand, if the supply reaches hundred billions surely most of the time it's just gonna be another shitcoin.
imagine a project saying they are good project but they have so much total supply it nears infinite i'd be doubtful.

No man, people keep seeing it as one of important metrict. Infinite supply will give a very bad impact to the project in the long term. Have you ever heard the SLP token? this token was acting as a reward for the players to play axie but this token is die right now. It's caused uncontrollable supply.

true use case is also something crucial for every project same as fundamental as well in which gonna determine the demand.
even though there are some coin that could still thrive without this, but it's important to ensure that even in the future the coin will still have its place and its market capital
to be growing, usually though coin with most use case are those that derived from smart contract blockchain.
we all know ethereum is having infinite supply but it's still considered a good investment because the use case is there.

Yeah no, just like most people I will be less encouraged to invest in any coin that has infinity supply, one of the reason for an increase in price of a coin is that the demand is more than the supply so people are bidding for the coin, and it's not applicable for a coin that has infinite supply. So no, I wouldn't put my money on project that has infinite supply.

the demand means nothing if the devs could freely mint token and just generate it for their own interest that is to fulfill their greediness because after all, if they are not greedy in the first place they wouldn't have made their coin infinite supply from the start.

It sounds non sense. did you expect people will not even put their attention on it? i meant people will be careless with the tokenomic of project. It's not the way people are seeing how good or bad the project is.

People will always care about total supply. infinite supply is red flag

It's not just about the use cases and demand for the blockchain space. We should not forget that well-known smart contract platforms, such as BNB, ETH, also have a combustion mechanism that saves them from increased supply and inflation. Despite the fact that coins with the combustion mechanism also have a maximum supply, it allows them to retain their value well, even during market dumps.

My advice is keep away those kind of altcoins. Because they will not survive in long run.

many of them will survive in the long run but its just that their value will be near zero, just like meme coin with hundred billions
total supply, they did survive but their value usually very low.

And at that point we might as well call them Zombie coins or something like that, after all a coin like that is already dead, it is just that is barely surviving as bagholders keep trying to outsmart each other and get something out of their mistaken investment, but even that small dream will be impossible for the majority of them to achieve as at some point exchanges will delist their coin and that is when they will finally have to accept they wasted their money in a useless coin.

Use case, demand, coin burns - condensing the multifaceted crypto universe into these elements seems rather reductive, doesn't it? Ethereum's smart contracts matter, but isn't its unlimited supply more than a footnote?

Regarding coin burns - BNB and ETH may use it, but does it guarantee immunity from inflation? Is the burn strategy merely a market-manipulating sleight of hand? It might prop up value during a slump, but it also ties the coin's worth to the project controllers' caprice, right?

The crypto realm is an expansive, unpredictable terrain. It's not as linear as use case + demand + coin burn = success!

Use case is still the most important thing among all and it will be be better if they team it up with a dedicated team. I already saw a lot of coins who have a burning mechanism but they are still dying. Just take a look at ETH. Its supply is huge and I think it was unlimited but the coin still manage to rise. It's because it is the first coin to have a smart contract functionality.

I think ETH don't also have a burning mechanism. While there are also coins who doesn't have a special use case and no burning mechanism but still manage to rise ( Doge coin for example ). It was possible because it was being shilled by a famous personality and that is none other than Elon Musk.

I don't remember that the price of an ETH coin dropped to zero when the burning mechanism was not introduced yet. As for the coin meme, Doge, which has an unlimited supply, shows no signs of collapse, while the price changes in accordance with the general movement of the market.

eth have really good utility, and their total supply that's supposed to be infinite just because the coin mined every day back then and have no cap unlike bitcoin so they have no idea how many supply until few years in the future, so I guess it's fine calling it infinite supply while really it isn't.

I think total supply that is infinite is fine so long the devs don't have a way to mint the token freely without any restriction because that way they won't have method to make some rugpulls towards their coin.
it's only harmful if the coin generation mechanism is absurd like devs having method to mint token as much as they can then holding the coin will be pointless.

That's right. I have a high doubt that having an infinite supply can be manipulated by the DEV, and this will surely plummet the price and the holders will surely dump their asset to take their loss or if they will still be willing to wait until the price goes up.

Those many coins that have a burn feature usually die because they have no demand for blockchain space, especially if we are talking about another smart contract platform. ETH has a huge demand for blockchain space, especially during periods of hype for all sorts of NFTs, memcoins, etc. This is why ETH is always growing, and with the introduction of the combustion mechanism, ETH has also become an attractive asset for investment, so there has been a very frequent outflow of ETH from exchanges and it has been used more often as a means of long-term investment and accumulation, like bitcoin. All this affects the value of this asset.

Well, it is not about the longevity of the project but the mean concern here is what will happen to its price in the long run? Probably people don't know it but this won't help to make the value of this project will grow instead, it likely go down and much more if that project has no use case.
That is why I consider buying coins that have a small market supply as it has a bigger chance to grow compared to those projects that have a huge supply and much more if it has an infinite amount.

The question is, are you ready to lose the capital you will use in altcoins? because if Bitcoin is high the risk that can be faced with the investment you will use, how much more so if you choose altcoins to use your investment.

If there is an infinite supply, that's a bit scary for investors to be honest, think about it carefully and do your research well so you won't regret any decision you make in the field of cryptocurrency business industry.

I never recommend investing in altcoins rather than bitcoins. Because altcoins are not decentralized like bitcoins. Another thing is the infinite max supply. That means the project can release more tokens in the future. So there is a chance to dump the value of the tokens.

Please look at the following two things:

1. Utility of the token
2. Supply of the token

When a project does not have use cases and is only created when the hype comes, the project will be easy to ignore and abandon.  Altcoins with enough crypto will continue to decline when the hype is over. Like the current trend with memecoin, of course it has a lot of supply and the price increase only occurs in the early days of the project but when the initial investors have left, a big dump will occur. Very risky and requires research for projects with unlimited supply.
Altcoins with unlimited supply such as ETH and DOGE, but both coins are top coins and are trusted with ongoing development.

If people want to trade altcoins or shitcoins then that is on them, as the job of a trader is to try to outsmart the market by buying and selling with perfect timing, but investing in shitcoins is a mistake no matter how much I think about it, as investing means holding the asset you bought for a long period of time, and most altcoins disappear in a matter of months or at most a year, so anyone thinking about investing in those coins is taking a massive risk, which does not correspond with the rewards they want to make.

that's true, their burning mechanism somehow counter the total coins generated, sometimes the burning even more massive than the generation of the coin.
to put it simply, the supposed infinite supply just an illusion but the total supply usually is rather stagnant, I call those really good coin with good planning.
unlike general token that's infinite supply sometimes they even have method to generate and mint token as their devs will.
it's just matter of how the token or a coin is designed I guess.

It would be interesting to see statistics on how infinite supply and limited supply coins behave over a distance of, say, 3 or 4 years. I'm sure there isn't much difference there, the value is lost in both categories of altcoins. From which we can conclude that limited supply is not a guarantor of altcoin's falling value. What matters here is demand and support from the big players. These are much more important facts than the total supply of coins on the market.

Investing in an altcoin with an infinite max supply can introduce certain risks and considerations. While the project's ability to render RPC service to other crypto projects may sound appealing, the unlimited supply could potentially impact its long-term value and i am not comfortable with it and pass it.

I don't really like to investing in altcoin with unlimited supply, because in my opinion it's too risky and of course the price will definitely be difficult to increase (supply will be more than demand), so it's very difficult to get profit from investing in these altcoin, therefore I do not recommend you to invest in these altcoin, because the risk is very big, but if you are sure and believe in the project, then it is not a problem for you to invest in the project, because maybe you are lucky (get profit from investing in these altcoin).

Not only an unlimited issue, but for example a billion supply would also have a negative impact on the price in the future. It is better not to invest in such projects, especially at the early stage. Of course now there is ripple, polkadot, doge or ada which have a huge issue, but these projects are time tested. But new projects are very risky.

I think Assessing project utility, market demand and competition in the project services sector you say i.e. POKT where even POKT provides RPC (Remote Procedure Call) to other crypto projects is important when considering its investment potential.

So it's worth researching the project team, their expertise, and track record then analyzing the project roadmap, achievements, governance model, community engagement, and transparency can provide insight into the credibility and growth potential of your new project. new Decide whether to invest in POKT.

My answer is NOPE. Coins with an infinite supply means that there will be no shortage of goods even if there is a great demand for them. This will also damage the price of the coin itself because being infinite means that there will be no increase in price, it could even be that the price will be close to zero.