Fiat by its very nature depreciates. The average lifetime of a fiat currency is just 32 years ! So who would want to invest in digital fiat?
Bitcoin, meanwhile, appreciates over time.
Now of course, much can happen in the exponentially growing cryptospace over the next 5 years:
Bitcoin/blockchain could become a store of value replacing gold which would add several trillion dollars to its market cap.
Bitcoin/blockchain could start to replace fiat currencies especially given the record levels of global debt at present. Quantitative easing continues at a record pace. 5000 years of human history shows massive debt has never been repaid. It's a race to zero between the dollar, the euro, and the yuan.
The growth of bitcoin benefits exponentially by following Moore's law.
Bitcoin is deflationary. Already, countries that are used to hyperinflation such as Argentina and Venezuela have been stockpiling bitcoin. The average fiat currency has a life expectancy of less than 50 years. Hoarding bitcoin would only accelerate its price.
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About Dr. Chris Kacher
Dr. Chris Kacher has appeared on major television, radio, and print programs and is the bestselling author of "How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market". He founded Creative Trading Ltd, a company aimed at helping others invest in cryptocurrencies. He is currently launching a pro bono cryptocurrency fund and has been an investor in various cryptocurrencies starting in 2013 including STEEMIT when it was founded in 2016. He is the co-founder of http://www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com and has co-authored several books in investments as well as over 100 scientific journal articles in the nuclear sciences. He helped to discover element 110 on the Periodic Table of Elements as well as confirm the discovery of element 106 which his team named Seaborgium after his UC Berkeley Ph.D. thesis advisor Professor Glenn Seaborg. His music has also charted on the iTunes music charts twice.
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