One could think that Bitcoin's primary purpose should be to
replace fiat money for transactions.
The problem with the analysis is that bitcoin is more than a payment method, and even those in the industry who don't expect bitcoin to
replace fiat money are long bitcoin.
In February another IC representative noted, speaking in the State Duma, that cryptocurrencies or surrogate money can seriously compete with the official currency and thus undermine the liquidity of the ruble and in prospect
replace fiat money completely.
The author isn't arguing that central banks are going away anytime soon, or that cryptocurrency will
replace fiat money.
And if you can't use it for daily payments, then it will never
replace fiat money.
Bitcoin prices are not known for their stability, which is odd, considering that the currency's end goal is to «
replace fiat money.»
Harker's statements suggest that digital currencies will not
replace fiat money, at least not any time soon.
The author isn't arguing that central banks are going away anytime soon, or that cryptocurrency will
replace fiat money.
Not exact matches
What I can tell you from my conversations with clients is that more and more people are starting to see bitcoin as
money and the potential to
replace the current
fiat central banking system that has gotten out of hand.
Accordingly, only when we recognise that monetary central planning is the ultimate source of our financial and economic distemper, and when it either collapses or is consigned to the dustbin of history, and when 100 % - reserve banking and sound
money replace fractional reserve and central banking and
fiat currency, will the ruinous cycle of boom and bust become as thing of the past.
Yes, I would dare to stay that only 10 % of all
fiat money and gold can be
replaced with cryptocurrencies.
However unlike gold, Bitcoin is completely out of the reach of governments and can't be regulated, centralized, or ultimately shut down and
replaced with inflationary
fiat money.
Lastly, the subject of bitcoin as a new form of
money was broached, as was the question of whether it - or something similar - would ever
replace the
fiat currencies we know today.
Its potential to work as a legitimate payment system, one that could
replace fiat and revolutionize
money, has fallen away somewhat.
This new form of
money has a lot of potential, although that doesn't mean it will
replace fiat currency anytime soon.