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> > As I've said, binary money would be the best solution for 
> everything.
> > 
> > In binary dollars, it would be  $ 10000000000000. You'd need 
> > only 14 coins for the amount of money.
> > 
> > Handy!
> > 
> 
> Handy, yet curiously open to fraud?

You can't get a cow without some mooin'...

>  I want a system like in 
> Harry Harrison's novel, "stainless steel rat goes to war"..  
> There, you had a little smartcard with your money encrypted in 
> it, and no such thing as interest.

Maybe the amount of your fortune should be tattooed on your forehead? If you
had to take a new tattoo every time you spent money, spontaneous shopping
would dramatically decrease... (... and _I'd_ drink dramatically less
alcohol, for sure...)

>   
> And no arbitrary max like 65536 units!

Well, the max depends on the resolution of the monetary system. In a 64bit
system you could get quite rich...

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