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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

I'm sorry, but at this point I honestly have more faith in the latter than the former. I just don't have any faith in America at all.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Ok I'm talking about fiat currency as a concept though, not the USD specifically.

If your point is that fiat currencies are still vulnerable to some instability, then sure, I guess I agree, but fiat currencies are still orders of magnitude more stable than cryptocurrencies.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

If a state converted from paper money to crypto, the only discernible differences would be like more computers, more transparency, less middlemen, etc. Crypto is literally just a new (distributed, open) form of accounting.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Sure, and that would make that cryptocurrency a fiat currency.

*Also, it's not even close to being new, the idea of distributed ledgers has been around for decades at this point.

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