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Re:Bank of England to explore a potential Central Bank Digit... by staticman2 on Monday April 19, 2021 @08:52AM (#26862168)
Humans have 10 fingers and 10 toes. We almost certainly prefer working with 10s for that reason, all things being equal.
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Re:Bank of England to explore a potential Central Bank Digit... by chromatin on Monday April 19, 2021 @12:16PM (#26864443)
Many ancient human cultures had base 12 and base 60 number systems because there are 12 digit segments that can be indexed by pointing your thumb — 3 segments/digit x 4 fingers
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