Питер Шифф: «Я поверю в биткоин, если он станет мировым платежным средством»

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Гендиректор платежного сервиса Strike Джек Маллерс устроил дебаты с известным экономистом Питером Шиффом, какой из активов больше подходит для проведения платежей — золото или биткоин.

По словам Джека Маллерса (Jack Mallers), биткоин — лучшие деньги в истории человечества. Это самые редкие деньги с фиксированным предложением в 21 млн монет, самые портативные и самые делимые. За последнее десятилетие среднегодовая доходность биткоина составила 60%, тогда как доходность золота за тот же период составила всего 2%, отметил Маллерс.

Однако Питер Шифф (Peter Schiff), будучи сторонником инвестиций в золото, не согласился с Маллерсом. Шифф настаивает, что биткоин нельзя считать деньгами, поскольку он используется лишь для рыночных спекуляций. Шифф признал, что за последнее десятилетие BTC превзошел многие активы и товары. Однако, по его мнению, токенизированное золото могло бы стать лучшей альтернативой биткоину, поскольку токенизированный драгоценный металл можно быстрее и дешевле отправлять по всему миру.

В ответ Маллерс подчеркнул, что при совершении платежных транзакций золото сильно зависит от централизованных сторонних участников. Это серьезное ограничение, мешающее золоту масштабироваться в мировой экономике, в связи с чем оно не сможет быть мировой резервной валютой. Если бы золото было серьезным конкурентом биткоину, принятие первой криптовалюты в обществе не происходило бы так быстро, уверен Маллерс.

По прогнозу гендиректора Strike, благодаря превосходной технологии блокчейна Биткоина и вливания ликвидности в криптовалюту, в ближайшие 12-18 месяцев биткоин сможет достичь $250 000-$1 млн. Шифф отнесся к этому прогнозу с недоверием, но пообещал признать свою неправоту, если биткоин станет ведущим платежным средством.

«Если я смогу покупать страховые полисы, платить премии и получать арендную плату в биткоинах, оплачивать биткоином ужин в ресторанах… Если все будет выражаться в количестве сатоши, то, полагаю, я ошибался. Вы были правы. Биткоин фактически стал деньгами», — сказал Шифф.

В марте Шифф предостерег инвесторов от вложений в спотовые биржевые фонды (ETF), привязанные к криптовалютам, опасаясь краха биткоина. В июле экономист усомнился в долгосрочном хранении биткоина, назвав это пустой тратой времени и ресурсов.

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