Re:Fake Money Built America
by ineedasername on Friday June 05, 2026 @01:55PM
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fake stops being an applicable term as soon as people start agreeing to accept it, which the article says happened. Then it's as legitimate as anything like Bitcoin.
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What would happen if all the people who agreed to accept it would also want to withdraw it from their accounts at the same time?
Re:Fake Money Built America
by ineedasername on Friday June 05, 2026 @02:24PM
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If everyone continues to agree it's worth what it says then not very much. Of course the whole thing can collapse for a number of reasons, not much different from other mediums of exchange that don't have an intrinsic utility, the utility is a sufficient number of people willing to cooperate. Which is pretty much everything except bartering goods.
Re:Fake Money Built America
by bijowo1676 on Friday June 05, 2026 @02:06PM
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withdraw for what?
for fiat(=fake) paper bills, or for similarly fake digits on a mobile app?
Doesn't matter that much really. Basically just "take it out of the bank" somehow.
Re:Fake Money Built America
by jagged-chisel on Friday June 05, 2026 @06:44PM
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It matters. Do you want digital bits? You can have all the bits you want, and so can the entire population of the city.
Do you want physical cash? Well, of the bank is printing its own, they can hand out whatever they can print.
If you expect fiat currency (e.g. USD) or precious metals, then withdrawals are all limited by what the bank has on-hand, or can get quickly. Assuming this is what you’re asking about, it would be a “run” on the bank, they’d close up shop for the day, and it would affect the faith the population has in the monetary supply.