Not really hence the number of bitcoins increased immensely after the many forks , and i expect it to increase even more in the future .
Excuse my French, but my fucking ass it is. This is one of the biggest lie of the cultists. Current inflation rate of Bitcoin is 4%, yes it will slow down but it will stay INFLATIONARY until we and our grandkids ALL die!!! How the fuck can something that you keep making MORE of be deflationary???
Doesn't matter, BY DESIGN it is NOT inflationary. From the point of loss we still have more of it... Your argument is: The designers counted on idiots and people who wouldn't care to keep this thing under control. Nice....
So if 20% are lost then price should increase 20 folds ? Based on your argument bitcoiners should destroy 20% of their bitcoins so price surge another 20 folds .
Here is a cool more advanced form of bitcoin "super bitcoin" , worth = 0.014BTC . https://yobit.net/en/trade/SBTC/BTC
I'm not sure what cash settled futures have to do with the volatility of the under lying ? care to explain ? not being snarky, just curious.