I basically agree with this but I just want to add that if everyone decides to increase the total amount of bitcoins or change the inflation controls in some way, that can be done.
The cool thing about bitcoin is that this is a shared decision made by everyone.
Ok, technically, it is made by the groups contributing the majority of compute power to the network. And technically, central governments can be representative of everyone and therefor enable that same shared decision making but that's kind of a bigger discussion.
The point is, changing the network to "add more" BTC is probably much more likely than breakthrough replicator technology that can turn hydrogen atoms into gold atoms.
The cool thing about bitcoin is that this is a shared decision made by everyone.
Ok, technically, it is made by the groups contributing the majority of compute power to the network. And technically, central governments can be representative of everyone and therefor enable that same shared decision making but that's kind of a bigger discussion.
The point is, changing the network to "add more" BTC is probably much more likely than breakthrough replicator technology that can turn hydrogen atoms into gold atoms.