@stefanieschulte @HedgeMage Any alt coins, bit or otherwise? Does anyone anywhere in finance know who Frederick Soddy is? If so, capsule assessment would be of interest.

@dredmorbius @stefanieschulte I play around with cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech on and off, but it's not an obsession. I live in a world where most people haven't yet mastered password management and back-ups, let alone keeping their workstation malware-free...so I won't be giving up on analog currencies as a concept soon.

@dredmorbius @HedgeMage Sorry for not replying earlier... Personally, I believe that getting rid of fractional reserve banking would be a bad idea (and part of the ideology around bitcoin is related to full reserve banking, to my understanding). At the same time, mainstream economics doesn't explain banking (and money, whatever "money" means) very well. Therefore the discussion about bitcoin might be useful.