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Bernard Lietaer, an Architect of the Euro, to Keynote Bitcoin Wednesday

2 pointsby generalsevenabout 8 years ago

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generalsevenabout 8 years ago
One of the world&#x27;s authorities on the design and implementation of currency systems and author of Money and Sustainability, Professor Lietaer has become one of the leading critics of fiat money systems...<p>See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bitcoinwednesday.com&#x2F;event&#x2F;bitcoin-wednesday-47&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bitcoinwednesday.com&#x2F;event&#x2F;bitcoin-wednesday-47&#x2F;</a> for the full conference program.
grizzlesabout 8 years ago
I find this surprising. For &gt;30 years, Prof Lietaer has always maintained that currencies need to be backed by something such as a basket of goods. Bitcoin is backed by nothing. I hope he says it again, because it&#x27;s true.