>Are you willing to provide a more sophisticated explanation for USD demand? I don't particularly feel the onus is on me to provide a full explanation. You ar

>Are you willing to provide a more sophisticated explanation for USD demand? I don't particularly feel the onus is on me to provide a full explanation. You are the one providing one in order to show Bitcoin demand is illusory or foolish. All I wanted to do was to point out enough of what yours was missing to show that Bitcoiners are at least not FOOLISH... that there is nuance enough here that if they are wrong, it's likely not because of some 101 mistake. I did this by pointing out how an explanation of demand of currency must include an account of how supply itself can influence demand. The scenario I painted where supply grossly outstrips initial demand - thus further reducing demand - is possible; it can and has happened - Weimar, Zimbabwe etc... You responded by adding even MORE nuance by pointing out that added supply, rather than representing a hyperinflationary scenario - might itself just be a response to increased demand. And it might indeed! But are we in your scenario or are we heading further and further down the road of over supply? That's a HUGE empirical question... surely. And surely in determining whether or not I want to keep my wealth in USD vs something else, I need to know more about reality than just whether or not I can pay my tax in it, or purchase various things. Thus I feel I have adequately demonstrated your explanation of currency demand as simplistic - without having to supply a fully rigorous account of my own. The rest of your reply is worthy and deserving of response - but time is short! :)