Chain splits under a Bitcoin monetary standard

The recent bitcoin chain split got me thinking again about bitcoin-as-money, specifically as a unit of account . If bitcoin were to serve as...

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The dematerialization of cash

"One dollar bill," watercolour by Adam Lister ( source ) R3, a company specializing in distributed ledger technology, has just pos...

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What happens when a central bank splits in two?

Say the San Francisco Fed decided to secede from the Federal Reserve System or the Bank of Greece started to print its own euro notes withou...

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Can a central bank eliminate its highest value banknote?

Singapore's $10,000 bill, worth around US$7500, shares title to world's largest value banknote with Brunei's $10,000 Peter Sands...

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