Replacing The U.S Dollar With Bitcoin: Leaving The Gold Standard
To think through how bitcoin will replace the U.S. dollar, we must first turn to the dollar’s own journey in leaving a gold standard.Many a Bitcoin maxi have been asked the question, “Ok, but how does bitcoin replace the dollar?” Here’s my attempt to answer that question. This will be a short series, the first of which discusses what caused us to lose the gold standard, the second discusses architecture and the third seeks to offer solutions within those frameworks.I’ll begin by reminding the reader that I am neither a skilled developer, nor a practiced economist. I welcome criticism of my....
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Bitcoin is not a gold standard as it is independent, without the intervention of any central bank or government agency. There has been a lot of comparison between bitcoin and gold in the recent times. Bitcoin has been compared to gold in many aspects. In fact, bitcoin is also called digital gold for a reason due to various similarities it shares with the yellow material. However, referring to bitcoin as a gold standard may not be relevant. The gold standard is a reference to the monetary system that was based on the value of gold. While most countries stopped following the gold standard....
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50 years ago yesterday, on August 15, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon changed the world with a monetary policy that also led to the creation of Bitcoin. It seems like a stretch, but it all began with the depegging of the dollar from the gold standard. Losing its peg to gold has led the […]
Across multiple economic downturns and bear markets, gold has proven to be a haven for investors worldwide, with many traders and investors opting to invest in it to protect their capital against value depreciation, which occurs from inflation, causing an increase in general prices. Because gold prices are related to the US dollar value due to gold being dollar-denominated, a stronger USD keeps the price of gold down and more controlled. A weaker USD drives the gold price higher due to increasing demand. Ultimately this means that more gold can be purchased when the dollar is more....
The "Gold Standard" was so far applicable only to fiat currencies. It means, that the currency in circulation in a country is backed by its equivalent worth in gold. Gold was chosen as a standard because it is universally accepted as a standard, and it still continues to be so. Recent days have seen the world gradually deviating from fiat currency to digital currency. Bitcoin and other altcoins are on the rise. Bitcoin is not backed by gold, and its value is decided by demand, supply and the number of transactions happening over the network. Thus making it more volatile compared to the....