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> It's too many zeros for people to work with on a daily basis. I think what will happen is that, at regular intervals, the old hyper-inflated currency will be
by cesarb 3y ago
> It's too many zeros for people to work with on a daily basis. I think what will happen is that, at regular intervals, the old hyper-inflated currency will be replaced with a new currency that's, say, 2^32 times less than the original one.
I lived through hyperinflation (in Brazil). What happened was that, at regular intervals, the old hyper-inflated currency was replaced with a new currency that's 10^3 times less than the original one. Cutting decimal zeros is better for humans, and three is convenient because it matches the usual three-digit grouping (that is, 123.450,00 becomes 123,45). This had to be done because, otherwise, calculators would become useless (most common pocket calculators had only eight digits).