Starknet co-founder says 4% annual inflation is more reasonable for BTC than fixed supply

Starknet co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson has argued that Bitcoin's fixed supply model of 21 million coins is not a reasonable long-term structure. He stated on X that as time passes, the amount of permanently lost supply from misplaced private keys will continue to grow, and over an infinite timeline, all keys could potentially be lost. Ben-Sasson stressed that BTC needs a clear monetary policy with a cap on its issuance rate, suggesting that a maximum annual rate of 4% could maintain a sufficient supply in line with population growth.