Silver was a network of *settlement* for hundreds of years.
But there were also DOZENS of different currencies, based on different metals, minted by different institutions, kicking around Europe for those hundreds of years.
Due to globalization and the threat of force by our current empire, we have *never been more homogeneous than we are today.
You are factually incorrect in an extremely obvious way.
The "I read the Bitcoin Standard this one time" arm-chair theory only goes so far.
Hanshan
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2026-09-19 18:36:41 UTC
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