The coins are pure digital bits of information so either method of destroying the &#x27;coin&#x27; or dividing the &#x27;coin&#x27; among the entire economy is the same. Nothing more than numbers on a ledger system.<p>If the &#x27;coins&#x27; were made of metal, paper, food, etc, than the &quot;only to an economist&quot; thought experiment would apply, as &quot;only an economist&quot; would think of value existing in confined economic constraints.