Stop digging for more diamonds, says DeBeers.
Buterin has millions in Eth[0] and the influence to make that digital asset worth more by preventing it's supply from increasing. If it starts increasing, it could even turn into a bubble (as people buy it based on its price increasing).
In short, this man is not an unbiased person to promote such an idea.
[0]https://www.quora.com/How-much-Ethereum-does-Vitalik-Buterin...
I wish this hadn't been raised on April 1.
Oh good. It’s my favorite day of the year.
This is in response to the 'medium of exchange' problem, which posits that if your token doesn't have a sink built into it, it will slowly lose value over time.
See this post: https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/10/17/moe.html