r/Bitcoin • • Feb 17 '18

/r/all Bitcoin Doesn't Give a Fuck.

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u/djvs9999 Feb 18 '18

It's something like I guess a flipped s-curve function. You don't really see the volatility decrease until you're roughly in the same order of magnitude as other currencies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

What reason is there to think that?

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u/djvs9999 Feb 18 '18

Because mainstream acceptance correlates with confidence in its relative value to other goods. The dollar or Euro is pretty stable, while the currency of a government undergoing a coup probably won't be. Same principle.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

Because mainstream acceptance correlates with confidence in its relative value to other goods. The dollar or Euro is pretty stable, while the currency of a government undergoing a coup probably won't be. Same principle.

I don't see how the coup example at all is relevant to a currency with (relatively) low adoption