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Re:The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015 [pdf] by dredmorbius on Monday May 06, 2019 @01:23AM (#19837054)
As does specie.

"On the Continuous Devaluation of the Roman Currency"

http://www.rmki.kfki.hu/~lukacs/ROMLAS.htm

http://www.rmki.kfki.hu/~lukacs/ROMLAS_files/image008.gif

"For in every country of the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects, have by degrees diminished the real quantity of metal, which had been originally contained in their coins."

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_I/...

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Re:The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015 [pdf] by ric2b on Monday May 06, 2019 @08:30AM (#19838771)
I guess Bitcoin would be the first real "gold" standard, then.
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Re:The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015 [pdf] by notahacker on Monday May 06, 2019 @09:07AM (#19839038)
Bitcoin lost more value in six months than most currencies managed in half a century, and yet 'miners' were still incentivised to make more of it...
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