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The Bitcoin Standard, Capital Flight and What Countries can do.

The Bitcoin Standard, Capital Flight and What Countries can do.

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Nov 17, 2017
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The Bitcoin Standard, Capital Flight and What Countries can do.
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The gold standard was a system in which, paper notes could theoretically be traded in for a specific amount of gold. This is what gave them value. The world got taken off the gold standard in 1971 thanks to Richard Nixon. Now money is a paper IOU with nothing backing it, but the belief of people and that belief is beginning to run out.

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