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Re:Why a small town in Washington is printing its own curren... by toomuchtodo on Sunday June 14, 2020 @03:14PM (#23520471)
You could speculate on them based on the value of what you can buy in town. Maybe they’re worth more if a business would only accept fake fiat over dollars, or worth less because you can only spend this currency in this one geographic location.

Like osmosis, if there is a value gradient, you can arbitrage it given a means to exchange that value.

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Re:Why a small town in Washington is printing its own curren... by NotSammyHagar on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:09PM (#23520881)
This isn't too far from Olympia. I wonder if there are some opportunities to buy things cheaper for cash than with the script dollars. I guess they address that by letting businesses exchange them back for the same. Still that's a tiny bit of overhead and there's a tiny chance making them less than equal to dollars because of the exchange. It's really a great idea for a small town.
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