2008, the genesis block & the whitepaper
“The first block contains a newspaper headline about bank bailouts. On purpose.”
In 2008 the global banking system nearly collapsed under its own leverage, and governments printed unprecedented sums to rescue the institutions that caused it. Savers paid through inflation; the banks kept their bonuses. Whatever your politics, the lesson landed: the money system had an owner, and it wasn't you.
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