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The shape of the curve is fascinating. You see exponential growth in the early part, which makes sense, but then it sort of converges to a bumpy linear function. Network effects would suggest power law growth, which linear fits into, but this just seems too linear. Normal currency inflation is usually measured as a percentage per year, which implies exponential growth. What is the current %points change per month, for instance?

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