At CoinTelegraph: Is Bitcoin Ready for the Major Leagues
Op-Ed: Is Bitcoin Ready for the Major Leagues?
By: Carlo Caraluzzo
Edmund Moy: Most people are used to the decimal system, which is reinforced with digital cash registers and calculators. Even the stock exchanges went off the fractional system to the decimal system, which in their world goes several decimal places beyond what most people work with. I do think there will be a new language but that will arise from the market place.
If a BTC is divisible to 9 decimal places, there might have to be a corresponding punctuation similar to commas making it easier to distinguish between thousands, millions, and billions.
CT: Because of the limited production of Bitcoin to 21 million coins, is there a potential for a group with significant resources to buy enough Bitcoin to affect the market? If so how can this be prevented?
EM: Yes, there is the potential but if the market doesn’t like it, it will find another cryptocurrency to coalesce around. That would force the group who’s cornered the market to sell. The market is the most efficient allocator of resources.
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