Blocktime doesn't change. Also the halvings are predictable. I am not sure you understand what point I am making.
Monero has had SEVERAL changes to its issuance since inception. And it is not foregone to conclude more changes will happen. That makes its supply unpredictable.
Bitcoin has had precisely zero changes to issuance. (Spare me the inflation bug rabbithole because it was caught and fixed immediately, also never intended).
This is my point.
Again Monero is private and neat and all that good stuff. Just when it comes to economics it needs a bit more scrutiny.
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Block time does change, it has ranged anywhere from 5 minutes up to 102 minutes.
Difficulty adjustments are designed to attempt to get Bitcoin to average about a 10 minute block time but it is not consistent.
Because block time is variable, that means Bitcoin’s inflation is “unpredictable”.
Anticipated inflation is different than predictable inflation.
Bitcoin’s Block times chart:


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Only if you literally think "a block is every 10 minutes" sure.
The anticipated inflation is in chunks of 2016 blocks which is accurate and thus predictable.
Human perogative is definitely less predictable than hash computing though, so I am not sure how this is a point that Monero stands taller on.
Doesn't change *programmatically* not in literal seconds. Even if a program executes precisely on a specific second there is variance on the fractions, come on man.
name ONE change that Monero has made to its monetary policy
ill wait.
Appreciate the scrutiny but the comment about several changes to Monero issuance isn't true.Tail emission was planned since it's inception.