Econ 101: the value of ordinary goods are determined both by supply and demand.
Bitcoin-fanatic-USD-bears claim that Bitcoin is a good store of value because it has constrained supply. But they miss the demand side of the equation. Similarly, they claim that the USD is a bad source of value because it has "unlimited" supply. That also misses the demand side.
The demand for USD is robust because people need USD to pay taxes and to purchase most goods and services offered by US-based organizations. The demand for Bitcoin is based on... how many people Bitcoin-fanatics can get to buy and hodl Bitcoin.
(I don't count organizations that accept Bitcoin as payment because almost all of them exchange received Bitcoin into the local currency, negating the demand effects of the original Bitcoin purchase. In the US, that's usually USD.)
Bitcoin-fanatic-USD-bears claim that Bitcoin is a good store of value because it has constrained supply. But they miss the demand side of the equation. Similarly, they claim that the USD is a bad source of value because it has "unlimited" supply. That also misses the demand side.
The demand for USD is robust because people need USD to pay taxes and to purchase most goods and services offered by US-based organizations. The demand for Bitcoin is based on... how many people Bitcoin-fanatics can get to buy and hodl Bitcoin.
(I don't count organizations that accept Bitcoin as payment because almost all of them exchange received Bitcoin into the local currency, negating the demand effects of the original Bitcoin purchase. In the US, that's usually USD.)