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How’s that been working out? If only saving was incentivized. Bitcoin true believers have a positive view of increasing savings

• hn_throw_1234 9y ago
  Pretty well actually. There may be too much debt but debt is clearly a good thing. Also don't forget if you want to save, to earn interest means you need to lend so at the end of the day you're going to need debtors.
  • PKop 9y ago
    Not with a finite currency. Hodling in your own possession gives you a "return". And even with some sort of smart contract placing your Bitcoin on deposit (payment channels might achieve this. Committing your Bitcoin to a channel and charging market rate fees), there's no fractional reserve banking so at least credit/money supply swings won't be so drastic and we can avoid the volatility in the business cycle we experience with fiat currencies.