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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 Bit
by ineedasername 3mo ago
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.
- steve1977 3mo agoWhat would happen if all the people who agreed to accept it would also want to withdraw it from their accounts at the same time?
- bijowo1676 3mo agowithdraw for what? for fiat(=fake) paper bills, or for similarly fake digits on a mobile app?
- steve1977 3mo agoDoesn't matter that much really. Basically just "take it out of the bank" somehow.
- jagged-chisel 3mo agoIt 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.
- ineedasername 3mo agoIf 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.