>seems to be nothing more than a weird ritualistic focus on a particular numeric value of a fiat currency That is what gives fiat value though.. If people lose

>seems to be nothing more than a weird ritualistic focus on a particular numeric value of a fiat currency That is what gives fiat value though.. If people lose faith or focus, much like a religion, the currency crashes and hyper-inflates. You see this with other countries' currencies all the time.