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Economy => Speculation => Topic started by: TaunSew on October 01, 2014, 09:40:34 AM



Title: What would happen if BTC was the main economic currency and yet..
Post by: TaunSew on October 01, 2014, 09:40:34 AM
It lost 2/3rd of its' value within a year like what happened in 2014?  Imagine if everybody lost 2/3rd of their purchasing power?  What would the economic results of this be?


Title: Re: What would happen if BTC was the main economic currency and yet..
Post by: Elwar on October 01, 2014, 10:17:15 AM
It lost 2/3rd of its' value within a year like what happened in 2014?  Imagine if everybody lost 2/3rd of their purchasing power?  What would the economic results of this be?

If BTC was the main economic currency, it would not be volatile. A whale with $10 million might be able to move the price by a penny.


Title: Re: What would happen if BTC was the main economic currency and yet..
Post by: L3nz on October 01, 2014, 10:30:31 AM
The Fed would do anything so this shouldn't happen.
And if it already happened, they would try to stabilize it.


Title: Re: What would happen if BTC was the main economic currency and yet..
Post by: ikydesu on October 01, 2014, 10:39:20 AM
I think, this world will be a virtual world.


Title: Re: What would happen if BTC was the main economic currency and yet..
Post by: Jamie_Boulder on October 01, 2014, 12:13:44 PM
It lost 2/3rd of its' value within a year like what happened in 2014?  Imagine if everybody lost 2/3rd of their purchasing power?  What would the economic results of this be?

If BTC was the main economic currency, it would not be volatile. A whale with $10 million might be able to move the price by a penny.
This.

This is like saying what if USD lost 2/3rd of it's value within a year, something this big doesn't move that fast.


Title: Re: What would happen if BTC was the main economic currency and yet..
Post by: Beliathon on October 01, 2014, 12:27:40 PM
It lost 2/3rd of its' value within a year like what happened in 2014?  Imagine if everybody lost 2/3rd of their purchasing power?  What would the economic results of this be?

If BTC was the main economic currency, it would not be volatile.
Exactly. I like Andreas's analogy when he called Bitcoin a zodiac that bobs up and down with the waves. A zodiac sitting next to the Titanic that is fiat, which has just struck an iceberg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr4y9vBApz0


Title: Re: What would happen if BTC was the main economic currency and yet..
Post by: Asrael999 on October 01, 2014, 12:36:39 PM
The world economy would collapse as the transaction speed and volume potential (ie number per block) are not yet big enough to support the global economy.