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 Seems too optimistic. Even in most poor countries, birth rates are declining. Unless, supernational #gangsterments - such as US, China, Russia, India - disappear, they’ll keep starting mass murders, such as currently in Europe and most likely in Asia within a generation.

Doubtful, seeing that, more parents shall desire more children to be used as cannon fodder, “innocent civilian” casualties, and tax cash cows. Even with Bitcoin, i don’t!

Neither does the economic and technological environment - hyperbitcoinsation or not - portend demand for more human labour. Hyperbotisation seems more likely there.

As we know, most current nocoiners shall not be able to actually possess even a single Bitcoin utxo to paricipate in hyperbitcoinisation. That means, new intermediaries that take a cut, and so on…