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Re:Bitcoin Futures Start with a Bang as Rally Trips Circuit ... by gruez on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:23AM (#15897540)
>the Lightning network looks a lot like the old Gold Standard

There's no fractional reserve with LN.

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Re:Bitcoin Futures Start with a Bang as Rally Trips Circuit ... by sliverstorm on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:35AM (#15897633)
Not yet, but Bitcoin is fixed in supply & deflationary, just like gold was, and there have been non-fractional reserve gold standards.
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