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Exploring the Role of Bitcoin in a Sustainable Monetary System
Incentives matter in a monetary system, and Bitcoin provides a world where cheating is less possible or profitable, leading to less corruption and more wealth. Scarcity drives theft and deception, but a system with less scarcity can reduce these negative behaviors. To achieve a sustainably decentralized monetary standard, Bitcoin is crucial as gold failed due to centralization and the inability to maintain reserves. Attempts to revert to the gold standard will likely be futile in the digital age, leading to repeated economic problems caused by central banks' printing money uncontrollably.