“As possible” is a subjective opinion. We are just arguing semantics at that point. The most deflationary money as possible would be one where the supply shrinks exponentially until its supply is near 0. Bitcoins supply is hard capped, gold inflates at 2%, shitcoins add and burn coins at the whim of a board of directors, and fiat inflates at whatever 12 bankers decide. So my summary is: Savings and deferred spending is still a type of investment, capital investment would still occur under a hard money standard, and yes, a money that deflated to a supply of near 0 “as deflationary as possible” may not be desirable either.
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That isn't what deflationary means.
"Deflationary" just means that the number of monetary units grows slower than the economic activity it represents.
As with Bitcoin, have a static number of monetary units that represents increasing growth.
So in that case, how is "as possible" subjective?
When we cap the number of monetary units we lock the Supply side of the Supply/Demand equation.
The only way to make the situation MORE deflationary is to somehow artificially stimulate demand for money.
Which I suppose is possible, so maybe a Bitcoin standard *could be made more deflationary.
But the point is
a economic based on a fixed amount of monetary units creates the maximum deflationary condition.