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Right. But to answer your original question, it would still be deflationary. Prices would continue to go down at a slower rate
Everyone agrees that they'd go down, but more like 5%/year or 50%/year?
Depends. Inflation is a vector. Some prices will fall quicker than others
Deflation is produced by technological efficiencies, bumper crops and motherlodes same as with fiat toilet paper funny money. They ride it to squeeze more as the efficiency improves.
But I thought Bitcoin has deflation built-in?
deflation is the product of the economy increasing in efficiency and activity
you can't make prices deflate except and only by ceasing to emit new monetary units
bitcoin deflates on a schedule, deflation in general is an economic factor that cannot be controlled by anyone, and anyone who tells you it can is lying to you
No. Until there is a subsidy it can even be considered inflationary. But since the total supply is capped, the 21m is priced in. People losing private keys that can't be retrieved is in a way reducing the amount, but it is insignificant. Satoshi coins are the biggest cut that big bag holders don't want liquidated.