This is by design. I'm not sure early adopters are favored at all because their "investments" will gradually lose value as the number of Bitcoins increases. If

This is by design. I'm not sure early adopters are favored at all because their "investments" will gradually lose value as the number of Bitcoins increases. If anything it's the opposite, as I understand it. I've read varying opinions on the matter but it seems that the idea of a fixed currency that inflates at a predictable rate was a design decision meant to keep Bitcoin usable for certain kinds of transactions, i.e. exchanging money between currencies at low rates or giving money to your friend or favorite cause without an intermediary such as a bank. It isn't meant to wholly replace the dollar or euro or yen as far as I can tell.