How non-negotiable is the 21 million hard cap?

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It's up to the people who receive bitcoin in exchange for something else. They decide what bitcoin is and therefore what the hard cap is.

What do you mean by in exchange for something else. You can receive eth or Solana in exchange for something else right now and that doesn't really matter.

Whoever produces what you want decides how you pay for it. I've covered how that applies to bitcoin in this video and I go deeper into it in my presentation at nostriga if you want more https://youtu.be/X_xgmVLyB94

If there is some productive person producing corn, and he demands payment in tail emission Bitcoin, I can exchange hard cap Bitcoin for the other and buy the corn. He has no influence on the hard cap.

Sure but the economy is not limited to one guy producing corn. Extrapolate that primitive to the entire economy.

If all producers are demanding tail emission Bitcoin, that's no different than the current economy demanding dollars while 21m maxis continue to grow wealth.

I’d quickly opt out of a bitcoin that no longer has a 21m hard cap.

That’s the beauty. You simply stay on the chain that is best for you.