100 aastat tagasi pakkus Henry Ford välja kulla asendamiseks energiavaluuta

Bitcoin seems to satisfy the definition of an energy-backed currency planned by the far-famed American artificer throughout the interbellum amount.

1921. aastal tegi Ameerika tööstur Henry Ford ettepaneku luua "energiavaluuta", mis võiks olla uue rahasüsteemi aluseks – pakkudes silmatorkavaid sarnasusi Satoshi Nakamoto 2008. aasta Bitcoinis kirjeldatud peer-to-peer elektroonilise sularahasüsteemiga.BTC) Valge paber.

4. detsembril 1921 New York Tribune published an article outlining Ford’s vision of replacing gold with an energy currency that he believed could break the banking elites’ grip on global wealth and put an end to wars. He supposed to try and do this by building “the world’s greatest power plant” and making a new currency system supported “units of power.”

Ford, kes asutas Ford Motor Company 1903. aastal, ütles väljaandele:

"Energiavaluutasüsteemis oleks standardiks teatud ühe tunni jooksul rakendatud energia hulk, mis võrdub ühe dollariga. See on lihtsalt mõtlemine ja arvutamine, mis erineb rahvusvahelise pangandusgrupi poolt meile ette nähtud terminitest, millega oleme nii harjunud, et arvame, et muud soovitavat standardit polegi.

Valuuta väärtuste üksikasjad "töötatakse välja siis, kui Kongress soovib sellest kuulda," ütles ta.

Although Ford was never able to advance his vision of a fully-backed currency, Bitcoin has seemingly vindicated the idea a century later. Since 2009, more than 18.8 million BTC have been created through energy-intensive mining that requires computers to solve increasingly complex math problems. This proof-of-work mining method has drawn märkimisväärne kriitika selle väidetava keskkonnamõju üle - lühinägelik väide, mis ignoreerib Bitcoini võimekalt kiirendada üleminekut taastuvenergiale.

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Kulla ja sõja vahelise seose kohta selgitas Ford:

"Kulla põhiline pahe seoses sõjaga on asjaolu, et seda saab kontrollida. Murdke kontroll ja lõpetate sõja."

Some of Bitcoin’s most ardent supports believe the cryptocurrency’s sound cash principles might eliminate war by reducing the state’s ability to fund conflict through inflation. whereas a gold standard makes it more durable for governments to inflate their currency, “international bankers,” as Ford explained, controlled the majority of the bullion offer. This method of dominant and accumulating precious commodities allowed money elites to form a vigorous marketplace for cash, that thrived during wartime.

The remnants of the gold standard were abandoned in 1971 by U.S. President Richard Nixon, who aforementioned his government would temporarily suspend interchangeability between dollars and bullion. The alleged quasi-gold standard would viimane till 1973, with all definitions linking the dollar to bullion removed by 1976. However, in effect, the gold standard system was eliminated by the British government in 1931, with the U.S. following suit 2 years later.

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New York Tribune'i artikkel levitati laupäeval Redditi r/CryptoCurrency lehel, kus see sai märkimisväärseid hääli. Kuigi Satoshi Nakamoto Henry Fordi pole kunagi veebifoorumi postitustes maininud, spekuleerisid mõned Redditi kasutajad, et Bitcoini loojat võis mõjutada hiline tööstur. Teised ütlesid naljaga pooleks, et Satoshi oli tegelikult Fordi reinkarnatsioon, arvestades viimase ilmset usku reinkarnatsiooni.

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