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 the proportionality is precisely related to the time

if bitcoin is a hedge against inflation, then you would see that against the right approximate ratio of the growth rates between the two, and the proportional changes scaled vertically so the more it goes up, the less it goes up on the chart, you flatten out the variance of the exchange rate and start to see the actual adoption rate over time, and if the proportional change rate matches up closely to what is actually happening, then it will follow a linear path, time versus value should find a close to x=y ratio somewhere between the linear price and the log10

understanding this ratio correctly, and since we are coming up to the end of the fourth cycle, should give a better estimation of the likely next cycle peak, and the ones after that, and as the time continues this ratio will tend to smooth out due to the averaging of the total timescale

i'm just saying, that because bitcoin's supply is power of 2, a log2 chart is the right one to use because the supply is decreasing at that rate, so its value should thus become close to linear at that scale