How is infinite divisibility different from infiniate printablitiy?

[Bitcoin Swami]

I know that bitcoins are divisible by 8 decimal places or so, but I've also heard that they can be expanded if need be.  

How is this different than inflating a currency.

I'm just can't seem to wrap my mind around this.

Sorry I'm kinda new, and am 100% behind the idea of this, just trying to understand a bit better.

[Freakin]

I know that bitcoins are divisible by 8 decimal places or so, but I've also heard that they can be expanded if need be.  

How is this different than inflating a currency.

I'm just can't seem to wrap my mind around this.

Sorry I'm kinda new, and am 100% behind the idea of this, just trying to understand a bit better.

if you take a single bitcoin and split it into 100 billion pieces, the sum of all those pieces still equals a single bitcoin.

There are max 21 million bitcoins ever allowed.  

Splitting a single bitcoin does not make whole bitcoins, it makes smaller units of trade.

[Quantumplation]

I know that bitcoins are divisible by 8 decimal places or so, but I've also heard that they can be expanded if need be.  

How is this different than inflating a currency.

I'm just can't seem to wrap my mind around this.

Sorry I'm kinda new, and am 100% behind the idea of this, just trying to understand a bit better.

Dividing a bitcoin does not inflate it's value artificially.  If the value of .5 btc goes up to what 1btc used to be, then it's because of natural market forces.

Exchanging a dollar for 4 quarters doesn't inflate the money supply, but arbitrarily minting new dollar bills does.

[rezin777]

You aren't increasing the total amount, just dividing it.

Imagine you have one pie.

You can cut it in half, and you have 2 pieces, but you still have the same amount of pie.

You can cut it in half again, and now you have 4 pieces, but you still have the same amount of pie.

The whole pie will always be worth 5 bucks. The pieces will be worth less, depending on how small you cut them.

[FreeMoney]

If you have some money and 10x more is printed you lose 90% of your purchasing power. If people start using smaller fractions you lose nothing. Big difference.

[Bitcoin Swami]

Ok guys simple enough, makes sense to me now.  thank you.