This is known as seigniorage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage Interestingly, though, while (some) seigniorage

This is known as seigniorage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage Interestingly, though, while (some) seigniorage is a good thing for a debt-based like the dollar, it's a bad thing for Bitcoin.