with regard to the halvening, when i looked at actual price data vs. the dates of the halvening - it looks like price appreciation actually happens about ~1 year AFTER the halvening occurs.  We might not see gains until 2021.  Not sure if anyone is seeing something different.

With regards to BTC replacing FIAT, it will likely need to be used in a large amount of trade invoicing.  I'm not 100% sold on whether or not that will actually be a good thing for the price of BTC in the long-run.  Typically, you don't want to use something that has high appreciation in order to pay for goods and services, so if BTC does become a replacement for FIAT in terms of invoicing trade, that means that people likely aren't expecting any additional returns. 

On a separate topic, while BTC could be a hedge against inflation, I'm a little worried about the other side of the coin.  I'm talking about deflation.  I haven't looked into it as much, but my understanding of the inflation and deflation are along the lines of:

Inflation: Becuase it eats away at your cash, you are essentially incentivized to spend your money as it will be worth more now than in the future.  This spending will presumably lead to growth, job creation, etc., but can also have negative impacts such as borrowing, since the money your returning in the future could be worth less.  Maybe this ultimately is why we have boom and bust cycles, where people borrow too much and this eventually leads to a recession or economic collapse

Deflation: I guess if you think about it as the opposite of inflation.  People believe their money will be worth more in the future, or that goods and services will be cheaper if they hold off on their purchases until next year.  Could this lead to a situation where people hold off spending, which decreases growth, and leads to an economic death spiral? 

I don't know which is worse, the possibility of hyper-inflation or depression

Thanks for all the help @Stream!

I tried to move the topic, but it looks like its current under "Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Goods > Computer hardware."  Not sure if this is what you were referring to or if there's another topic that I should be under

Hey sorry for the delayed responses.  I'm actually moving so it's been a little crazy and I've been slow to respond. 

We're asking for $2,400 per machine, but willing to negotiate.  I'm located in Massachusetts as well.

Hi All,

I'm fairly new to the forum, but I have a few Pangolin M10 miners that are available for sale (7 in total and they are completely new and unopened).  I'm based in the US, so I would ideally be looking to sell them to someone in the US as well, in order to avoid the hassle of having to deal with international shipping. 

I was reading other forums and noticed that it seems the protocol is to go through some type of escrow, which is completely fine by me.  Let me know if you're interested.  I can provide photos of the miners in their original boxes if that helps and happy to open them up as well if needed.

Thanks,
Mogs