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RE: The Upvote Economy: Changing The Face Of Information
In the upvote economy, I can fund the "payment" via an upvote. Under this scenario, I am not suffering a financial "loss" since my account is not lessened. You, as the content producer, are receiving compensation for the information which will be added to your account.
There is an opportunity cost. By upvoting something, you allocate part of the ongoing inflation to it. Said inflation debases all existing units of the currency.
Inflation is in every currency though. Even bitcoin. The only difference is we know what the inflation will be (assuming the devs don't hard fork it at some point - which is a big assumption tbh).