Surely you know that's a disingenuous response? If not, then allow me to explain: BTC has inflation built in with the halving mechanism which will end in 2130ish (i forget the date right now but you know the drill) so an ultimate supply of 21 000 000 never more, at that point inflation will cease. As of June 2022, Monero has a block reward of 0.6 and that is now set indefinitely, forever. That is continual inflation. Though you could make the argument that as more Monero is in circulation the effect of adding 0.6 will have less effect over time but anyway it's eternal inflation. I'm not anti-monero btw, I find it interesting but i wouldn't hodl it. It's the only other crypto i have any interest in at all.

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Jose Sammut 2 years ago
Inflation trends to 0 either way, it's a non-issue. I wouldn't be bothered if Bitcoin had been designed to work the same way but I think the halvings are more adoption friendly.
You're both right. Monero's inflation rate is *currently* lower than Bitcoin's (0.86% vs 1.75% annual inflation rate - will flip this halving) Monero's circulating supply is lower than Bitcoins *currently* (~18.1mil vs ~19.5mil - this will flip in ~2040) Monero's supply is uncapped, Bitcoin is capped at 21 million