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A Sudden Onset of Hyperinflation: What Will Happen to Bitcoin?

If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.

Updated Jun 14, 2024, 5:43 p.m. Published Mar 24, 2023, 4:34 p.m.
Historic photograph of a German bank during a period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. (Bain News Service/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
Historic photograph of a German bank during a period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. (Bain News Service/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)