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Interesting. I would also like to hear this conundrum resolved. Can a hard money standard survive the emergence of printable soft moneys? How?

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thanks Jerome for contributing…..


“Education and culture will let individuals choose the hard money, yes. (He who hoards first the new hard money becomes more powerful over time, and that’s how easy moneys get replaced by harder ones.)”

  • some people are willing and able to accept education about hard money some are not (willing or able)
  • the…

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Education and culture will let individuals choose the hard money, yes. (He who hoards first the new hard money becomes more powerful over time, and that’s how easy moneys get replaced by harder ones.)

But for countries, because it’s about masses of people, I guess stable adoption of harder moneys will be about game theory dynamics?

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This seems to me to be a critical question that, until answered, hard money will never stick. The 2 main points:

1) A governing authority based on hard money will not be able to defend themselves from money printer entities and so will fail. So stability of a hard money world is is at risk from even a single money printer.

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Fixed!

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Title should be George Selgin. How to edit?

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What is mistaken about Professor Selgin’s view of fractional reserve banking (The Theory of Free Banking)?

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Hello @saifedean
I’d love your perspective on the idea of the dollar being pegged to Bitcoin. Personally, I don’t think it will happen, once pegged, the dollar’s supply would be constrained, removing the ability to create surplus or manage credit flexibly.

I believe the U.S. is bullish on Bitcoin not to peg it, but because it’s the only open…

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