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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3016030, member: 77704"]Ever since the first Electrum coins were invented, most civilizations joined the bandwagon and struck AE/ AR/ AV coins. This trend continued till 118BC, then God forbid the Han Dynasty, issued leather promisary notes/ primitive fore runner of paper currency. That was strike one/ strike two was the plastic money we call credit cards, strike three the "bitcoin". As a result, sovereign governments printed currency/ got into debt/ caused hyper inflation<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Then along came credit cards, causing the average joe to spend $ they did not have, resulting in owing the banks/ interest rates at 24%+<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Now some wiseguy invented a "bitcoin" an imaginary form of currency with no backing/ worth 10K today/ ZERO next day<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I think King Ayattes must be looking down from heaven and wondering if we have gone mad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3016030, member: 77704"]Ever since the first Electrum coins were invented, most civilizations joined the bandwagon and struck AE/ AR/ AV coins. This trend continued till 118BC, then God forbid the Han Dynasty, issued leather promisary notes/ primitive fore runner of paper currency. That was strike one/ strike two was the plastic money we call credit cards, strike three the "bitcoin". As a result, sovereign governments printed currency/ got into debt/ caused hyper inflation:inpain: Then along came credit cards, causing the average joe to spend $ they did not have, resulting in owing the banks/ interest rates at 24%+:( Now some wiseguy invented a "bitcoin" an imaginary form of currency with no backing/ worth 10K today/ ZERO next day:vomit: I think King Ayattes must be looking down from heaven and wondering if we have gone mad.[/QUOTE]
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