SoulReaver on Nostr: I find it interesting that people can simultaneously argue that Monero’s tail ...

I find it interesting that people can simultaneously argue that Monero’s tail emission is absolutely necessary to maintain long-term mining security, while also arguing that it trends toward effectively zero so it doesn't matter.

If it truly trends toward zero and becomes barely noticeable, then it doesn’t materially change mining incentives or network security. But if it does materially impact mining incentives, then the inflation is significant. You can't have both.

You're confusing absolute numbers with percentages. Miners are paid in absolute terms (0.6 XMR per block), which provides a permanent baseline incentive to keep rigs running. Holders care about relative inflation (percentages). Because the emission is fixed but the supply grows, the dilution rate trends toward zero. A fixed block reward can easily fund security while the inflation rate simultaneously flatlines. It’s basic math.

All Bitcoiner false claims come from not understanding basic finance and basic math. People assume you can develop theories over cryptocurrencies because it's a popular topic, but no, you can't w/o knowing some about math and monetary theory, which most people don't.

We have LLMs now, people can easily share these "opinions" and hear precisely how they're wrong, but they prefer to just throw it out there anyways. That's the real "interesting" part.