# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-04-25 00:28:14
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6366.msg94344#msg94344

If I were Satoshi...  I would have built a modest amount of inflation in to bitcoin.  "Modest inflation is what most people are comfortable and familiar with," I would have reasoned to myself, "so that's the right thing to do." @p{par}

However... I'm not so sure that would have worked.  It is @p{(it}very@p{it)} nice to be able to say "bitcoins are valuable because they are rare, and they are rare because they are designed that way@p{--} there will never be more than 21-million of them."  That is easy to understand, and gives bitcoins a clear advantage over existing currencies. @p{par}