Number go up and pure scarcity are synonymous. I was recently thinking about why #Bitcoin resonated with me immediately. It was both because of the fairness and truth that bitcoin restores, and because your purchasing power will grow over time. A return to quality. Quality of money results in quality of everything, since it incentivises long-term time preference. The time that is given back to you is in direct relation with number go up. Number goes up because of pure scarcity.