skastel
Joined 18 years ago
Joined 18 years ago
Full time in San Francisco (3rd St. and Market)
We're a team of people who are passionate about building excellent developer tools for people who use API's. We're all very passionate about building great tools that we would (and do!) use ourselves on a daily basis to get our jobs done.
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"With paper money, governments and central banks are in a position to punish holding money. Because it can be created without limit, discipline vanishes. Individuals, families, businesses, and government can ramp up spending without limit and avoid the consequences of their behavior."
Punishing the "sinners" for not keeping their currency and spending it in order to support the economy as a whole seems to be a primary goal of those that want commodity currency.
"You can try this experiment at home. Let’s say you have a problem teenager who lives like everyone else, throwing around cash and seeing no point whatsoever in saving money. Send that kid a Bitcoin and see what happens, even without hectoring instructions."
Yes, give them a Bitcoin and they'll be saved, praise our lord and savior Bitcoin! Unless that teenager wants a skateboard today, not two skateboards in 2 months. Maybe they want to buy a meal b/c they are hungry?
Finally don't reference the Gilded Age as a model of good monetary policy, two major depressions and a thin veneer of success for a wealthy minority shouldn't be the zenith of monetary policy.
In my spare time I brew beer, ride bikes, and take photos.