Money is a mean of exchange that happens to be a store of value. A thing that punishes the exchange is not an effective money. In an economy with a finite amou

Money is a mean of exchange that happens to be a store of value. A thing that punishes the exchange is not an effective money. In an economy with a finite amount of money, even potentially, the exchange is not rational given that the money's value grows over time. That's why the focus is on generating BitCoins.