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This isn't true. If you are hoarding Bitcoin and not putting it into productive use, you are reducing the supply. Thereby with constant demand the price should increase. In doing this, you have increased to wealth of others in the economy (of the currency) who can then put that into productive use where they believe they can generate gains above the rate of return of the expected deflation.


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