Forbes: Since the merger in September 2022, the growth rate of ETH supply has been lower than that of BTC
ChainCatcher news, according to Forbes, Bitcoin has long been hailed as "digital gold," but Ethereum has quietly surpassed Bitcoin in a key metric in recent years: supply expansion.
Since the merge in September 2022, Ethereum's supply growth rate has been lower than Bitcoin's, challenging the long-held assumption that Bitcoin is the best form of sound money. Unlike Bitcoin's fixed cap of 21 million coins, Ethereum's design is adaptive, allowing its supply to expand or contract based on network activity.
Analysts believe that Bitcoin ensures absolute scarcity, while Ethereum is more adaptive and flexible, able to adjust according to market conditions. If sound money means supply growth, Ethereum has unexpectedly surpassed Bitcoin in this regard in recent years.