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What Is the Difference between ‘Inflationary’ and ‘Deflationary’ Cryptocurrencies?

Inflationary means ever-increasing supply; deflationary means fixed or decreasing supply. Bitcoin is disinflationary/fixed cap.
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What Is the Difference between ‘Inflationary’ and ‘Deflationary’ Cryptocurrencies?

An inflationary cryptocurrency has an ever-increasing supply, often with no hard cap, meaning its value may decrease over time due to dilution. A deflationary cryptocurrency has a fixed or decreasing supply cap.

Bitcoin is considered disinflationary (rate of creation decreases) and eventually deflationary (supply is fixed). Some protocols achieve deflation by 'burning' tokens.

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