Constant demand means 1 Bitcoin = $18,432,000 in 40 years
Just a random shower thought I had here and maybe the math is a little flawed, but hear me out. If bitcoin today can reliably hold $18,000 then that means in order to maintain that price $16,200,000 of bitcoins needs to be bought up daily (900 coins mined a day and 900x18,000 = 16,200,000). Now let's say we maintain this daily purchase demand of $16,200,000 all the way to the year 2060, that means we'd have the below values for bitcoin after each of the halvings:
2020: $18,000 ($16,200,000/(900 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $18,000 per coin)
2024: $36,000 ($16,200,000/(450 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $36,000 per coin)
2028: $72,000 ($16,200,000/(225 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $72,000 per coin)
2032: $144,000 ($16,200,000/(112.5 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $144,000 per coin)
2036: $288,000 ($16,200,000/(56.25 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $288,000 per coin)
2040: $576,000 ($16,200,000/(28.125 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $576,000 per coin)
2044: $1,152,000 ($16,200,000/(14.0625 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $1,152,000 per coin)
2048: $2,304,000 ($16,200,000/(7.03125 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $2,304,000 per coin)
2052: $4,608,000 ($16,200,000/(3.515625 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $4,608,000 per coin)
2056: $9,216,000 ($16,200,000/(1.7578125 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $9,216,000 per coin)
2060: $18,432,000 ($16,200,000/(0.87890625 Bitcoins mined a day)) = $18,432,000 per coin)
Assuming we don't see a hyper inflation with the dollar and instead it maintains a ~2% inflation rate $18,432,000 in the year 2060 would still have the same purchasing power of a few million today. This seems like a perfect retirement plan for the younger generation. I've also compared the U.S. dollar against an inflation calculator for the past 40 years. $100 in the year 1980 has the same purchasing power of ~$350 today. If the same thing happens for the next 40 years then that $18,430,000 in 2060 would have the same purchasing power of $5,265,714 today (18,430,000 / 3.5) which is pretty dam good.
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