IOTA: A tangled mess
Why do people persist in the idea that a deliberately deflationary <i>currency</i> is a good idea. It might be a good investment, but as a currency, it doesn&#x27;t promote commerce and trade, it just promotes hoarding.<p>Much of crypto-currency holders today either seem to be people seeking to get in at the top of the ponzi pyramid and sell before collapse, or people who need to avoid some legal issue, be it capital controls, drug laws, etc. Many people are using it as an investment vehicle mainly, and rarely as a exchange of value mechanism for payments, except where they actually need to. But would pay Uber with BTC, or buy a coffee? Why? if you simply way a few days, you&#x27;ll make a lot more money not spending it.<p>A deflationary currency to replace fiat currency or centralized banking and credit seems like a contradiction. I mean, if my cash is growing at 10%-1000%, but my Visa fee is 3%, and my inflated USD is 2% inflation, I&#x27;m gonna go with the fiat currency or Visa fee.