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Re:Short on Money, Cities Around the World Try Making Their Own by unethical_ban on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:43PM (#24122382)
"Willing" a currency into having value is exactly what all currency is. I assume you're saying it isn't easy.
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Re:Short on Money, Cities Around the World Try Making Their Own by cameronbrown on Thursday August 13, 2020 @12:21PM (#24145026)
Sure, and more to the point, currencies tend to be bootstrapped by some value that backs it (gold, oil or even just faith).
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