> If we follow your point then the difficulty adds some degree of inflation to the price. I think it's the opposite, difficulty is used to control inflation. T

> If we follow your point then the difficulty adds some degree of inflation to the price. I think it's the opposite, difficulty is used to control inflation. Though we could both be talking about different things -- monetary inflation vs price inflation. > This means today's bitcoin is more valuable than tomorrow's bitcoin. Yep, all things being equal every time they mine a block every coin becomes that much less valuable due to the increase in supply.