Blockchain is a completely ligament tech, I too, when I first heard of Bitcoin thought it was a sort of a scam, I called it bitcon.
I remember when it was worth about $1 or so per BTC, then there was a huge crash, and I said," BitCon is done!", I could have bought BTC for 100th/s of a penny, but no, I was so sure it was a con.
The trouble with BitCoin is it is a deflationary currency, as apposed to Bank money that is lent into existence. By lending money into existence, the supply of money can meet the demand for loans, and when there is a lot of lending, there is some inflation with that.
So when you borrow bank money, most of the time you pay it back with inflated money, however if you borrowed 1000 BTC five years ago, you'd be paying it back with a greatly deflated currency. I.E. you are paying back way more than you borrowed.
Bank money does come with interest attached, so you will be paying back more than you borrowed, but it's a matter of scale.
The other thing about bank money is, it is lent into existence, it is the debt that creates it, and when the principle is repaid, it also goes out of existence. This keeps inflation very low, so long as most people are repaying their bank loans.
It's debt based money, and there is never more of it, than there is the debt that created it.
Believe me you would rather borrow $150,000 for 30 years @5% APR than borrow 1000 BTC @0.00% APR for 30 years.
This limits the real world market for lending BTC, you'd have to attach a negative interest rate to get anyone that wasn't a fool to borrow BTC.
Ether, as it stands, is a deflationary currency, however they will be moving from mining( Proof of work ) to Proof of Stake, and I'm not completely sure how that works, but I think, it's really just loaning Ether into existence, just like bank money.
I have an Ether mining rig, and I make money with it, however they do not advise investing in mining ether at this time, because you likely won't get a return on your investment with POS just around the corner.
I remember when it was worth about $1 or so per BTC, then there was a huge crash, and I said," BitCon is done!", I could have bought BTC for 100th/s of a penny, but no, I was so sure it was a con.
The trouble with BitCoin is it is a deflationary currency, as apposed to Bank money that is lent into existence. By lending money into existence, the supply of money can meet the demand for loans, and when there is a lot of lending, there is some inflation with that.
So when you borrow bank money, most of the time you pay it back with inflated money, however if you borrowed 1000 BTC five years ago, you'd be paying it back with a greatly deflated currency. I.E. you are paying back way more than you borrowed.
Bank money does come with interest attached, so you will be paying back more than you borrowed, but it's a matter of scale.
The other thing about bank money is, it is lent into existence, it is the debt that creates it, and when the principle is repaid, it also goes out of existence. This keeps inflation very low, so long as most people are repaying their bank loans.
It's debt based money, and there is never more of it, than there is the debt that created it.
Believe me you would rather borrow $150,000 for 30 years @5% APR than borrow 1000 BTC @0.00% APR for 30 years.
This limits the real world market for lending BTC, you'd have to attach a negative interest rate to get anyone that wasn't a fool to borrow BTC.
Ether, as it stands, is a deflationary currency, however they will be moving from mining( Proof of work ) to Proof of Stake, and I'm not completely sure how that works, but I think, it's really just loaning Ether into existence, just like bank money.
I have an Ether mining rig, and I make money with it, however they do not advise investing in mining ether at this time, because you likely won't get a return on your investment with POS just around the corner.