Fiat Currency Debate

The cluster focuses on debates about the reliability, government backing, and value of fiat currencies, frequently comparing them to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and questioning whether alternatives merely reinvent fiat money.

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Sample Comments

srtjstjsj Sep 5, 2020 View on HN

You're assuming fiat currency is reliable, which is proven wrong in many jurisdictions.

katbyte Jan 6, 2022 View on HN

most fiats currencies have a Goverment/military behind them

purplezooey Oct 14, 2018 View on HN

It's all fiat money anyway.

drcongo May 19, 2021 View on HN

Fiat currencies can and do do that also.

mac01021 Jul 8, 2017 View on HN

What's wrong with fiat currency?

api Feb 5, 2018 View on HN

At that point haven't you just reinvented fiat currency?

bandrami Sep 15, 2017 View on HN

Yes, in fact, for some value of "you"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money

dheera May 19, 2021 View on HN

You could say that about any fiat.

ThrowawayTestr Jun 20, 2024 View on HN

How can a currency exist without a state to insure it's value?

TechBro8615 Apr 18, 2021 View on HN

Because fiat money isn't backed by a trillion-dollar, oil-guzzling military-industrial complex?