"Could" being the operative word here. But then, this is where Bitcoin is genius: the code isn't everything. There's a whole bunch of built-in economic incent

"Could" being the operative word here. But then, this is where Bitcoin is genius: the code isn't everything. There's a whole bunch of built-in economic incentive feedback loops. And getting to an "Economic Majority" is very unlikely to happen because none of the participants have to gain from that change. Also: since a bitcoin is divisible to 10e-8, it's going to be a very long while before there's an actual shortage of the darn thing.