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Why Is Ethereum Turning Deflationary?

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Why do goldbugs bet on gold when compared to other asset classes? The basic reason is the process associated with mining which makes it extremely less inflationary when compared to other asset classes. Hence gold’s price fluctuates paradoxically time and again. But gold does face some challenges like it could be easily confiscated and one has to find it difficult to move from one location to another.

There’s another nobel asset that mimics gold but with an upside, it can be easily moved. We are talking about Bitcoin. It has the same characteristics but mining process of Bitcoin involves using ASICS, which means a lot of investment comes into play.

What if there’s something which equals Bitcoin having deflationary traits and it is poised to host the next big financial infrastructure. Wouldn’t that be satisfying from an investment standpoint?

Ethereum, the programmable money is turning deflationary after The Merge and it is going to impact how people invest and use Ethereum in the near future.

Why is Ethereum Turning Deflationary?

In August 2021, EIP 1559 was rolled out which resulted in burning a part of the transaction fees awarded to the miners. Due to this upgrade, after the current locking of the tokens due to The Merge event, the amount of ETH in circulation has been lesser than the actual demand for ETH. As a result, ETH is turning deflationary for the first time. 2.8 million ETHs have been burned so far which has amounted to $4.6 billion.

Since ETH and Bitcoin will be neck to neck in terms of generating real-time value and cost of mining ETH is far lesser than Bitcoin, it might push a lot of miners to invest in turning validators and getting ETH as rewards when compared to Bitcoin.

Will It Be Good for investment?

From the perspective of an investor, it is going to be a good thing since ETH will replicate what Bitcoin has done so far but with additional trade-offs. For example, Bitcoin has turned into an inflation hedge. With ETH’s shrunk supply and high demand, ETH could maintain the same momentum like Bitcoin and future anticipated DeFi,NFTs and Metaverse development on top of Ethereum would further push demand for ETH, undoubtedly establishing the narrative of “ETH to the Moon.” However we have to wait and watch how things start to shape up when all the locked ETHs will come into circulation post the Shanghai Event slated for March 2023.

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