....So what I really think deflation does is provide an incentive to critically think before going off and speculating, "investing", or wasting money on frivolous things -- because money will be worth more if it isn't trying to be spent as quickly as possible (mindset of the current wealthy elite in society). I think it truly helps those without the ability to invest (the less wealthy), as their wealth is not unknowingly being eroded as time goes on.....

So if bitcoin in spite of high volatility generally has an upward price, then it acts like a savings account with an actual interest rate?  To be competitive with savings in bitcoin, how would the US$ need to change?

It'd need to have an interest rate, right?

But then the US government could not begin to pay interest on it's debt. 

And so here we are...