>>518767065
Gold is popular because it's a stable asset. Bitcoin is popular because it's a highly speculative high risk asset (was supposed to be a currency but that failed) that's probably part of a larger tech bubble around crypto / blockchain.

>>518767553
Also the devs can just print more if enough people want. The only reason people act like this is set in stone is because it'd make no sense to the current userbase which craves deflation to make number go up. But a lot of the upwards pressure is because it's still the only "credible" crypto out there largely because it was the first that hit off.

>>518768991
Nice to see a Ruski be the voice of reason. Current GOP and Trump love to exploit crypto atm but they have the power to just shut it down too. Like others have said just randomly shutting it down now would be a bad idea but what if there's a massive crash and scandal with abuse from above?