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then we continue to use physical cash. a $10 bill still works when the power goes out
by red-iron-pine 1y ago
then we continue to use physical cash. a $10 bill still works when the power goes out
- debugnik 1y agoI did find myself without barely any cash during Spain's blackout and that made it really stressful. It made me value physical currency a lot more. Now I wish digital payments didn't require a server/ledger connection at all, but I understand that would risk double-spend attacks unless all the computation could be fully trusted, which we can't even guarantee for existing card payments.
- nicholasbraker 1y agoHolding a small amount of cash is even promoted as part of a "survival package" here in The Netherlands. (Next to water, canned food etc.)