Alternative 4) (My personal favorite) Stop caring about the inflation, it's a natural effect of a growing economy which has yet to reach its plateau, I'd say once owning a 20k tc were a lot, and I see no problems with 20k one day becoming snacks. On the large scale, just increase the prices to match the amount of tc in circulation and bring some life to the economy within this community again...
My idea is do what MMO's do and add a tax for posting things in the auction house which in this case is the market.
I don't know about you guys, but I personally think Firebolty dumped a little too much tc into the tori-economy.
Until firebolty sunk 13 million tc into the economy surely it has made a difference.
As Red pointed out, that's not sinking. By hoarding 13m, he would actually stall the economy. Now the money is dispersed over many accounts and they'll probably spend it. If I understand what economy is, that would actually boost the economy.
### From 2013-08-12 to 2013-08-19 ###
Total TC: 516,705,619
New TC: 4,130,344
Sunk TC: 4,135,125
TC difference: 317,349
Circulated TC estimate: 14,042,876
Users involved: 4,074
Total users: 4,211
Total TC sent: 56,038,845
Total TC transactions: 30,349
Total transactions: 39,695
### From 2013-08-19 to 2013-08-26 ###
Total TC: 517,022,968
New TC: 2,370,826
Sunk TC: 2,118,142
TC difference: 1,254,263
Circulated TC estimate: 14,661,813
Users involved: 3,955
Total users: 4,067
Total TC sent: 66,408,181
Total TC transactions: 31,477
Total transactions: 41,673
### From 2013-08-26 to 2013-09-02 ###
Total TC: 518,277,231
New TC: 2,102,897
Sunk TC: 5,253,021
TC difference: -2,963,477
Circulated TC estimate: 28,660,772 << firebolty sells 13 million from 27th - 30th
Users involved: 3,604
Total users: 3,740
Total TC sent: 85,422,632
Total TC transactions: 28,185
Total transactions: 37,357
### From 2013-09-02 to 2013-09-09 ###
Total TC: 515,313,754
New TC: 2,682,919
Sunk TC: 3,421,025
TC difference: -382,122
Circulated TC estimate: 15,469,220 << back to normal 3 days later
Users involved: 3,642
Total users: 3,761
Total TC sent: 67,868,533
Total TC transactions: 30,932
Total transactions: 39,878
### From 2013-09-09 to 2013-09-16 ###
Total TC: 514,931,632
New TC: 2,781,331
Sunk TC: 3,693,475
TC difference: -145,402
Circulated TC estimate: 15,137,648
Users involved: 3,515
Total users: 3,616
Total TC sent: 73,139,194
Total TC transactions: 27,364
Total transactions: 35,857
### From 2013-08-19 to 2013-09-16 ###
Circulated TC estimate: 45,453,960
Users involved: 9,071
Total users: 9,283
Total TC sent: 292,838,510
Total TC transactions: 117,957
Total transactions: 154,764
### between <start date> and <end date> ###
Total TC: TC at the start of the time period
New TC: TC created by sources which are logged
Sunk TC: TC sunk by sources which are logged
TC difference: how much the total amount TC changed
Circulated TC estimate: how much was TC sent at least once (initial user balance - minimum balance)
Users involved: Users who sent or received TC
Total users: Users who made a transaction
Total TC sent: The sum of all TC transactions
Total TC transactions: the number of transactions where TC was transferred
Total transactions: how many transactions were made in this time period