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Sound money forces governments and individuals to embrace fiscal discipline, while currency inflation encourages reckless spending. <\/p>\n

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Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>), a supply-capped, decentralized, neutral money, can help reduce warfare by eliminating the currency printing that governments use to finance war through the hidden tax of inflation, according to author Adam Livingston.<\/p>\n

Livingston pointed to the world wars of the 20th century, which saw the rise of central banking<\/a> and the erosion of the gold standard<\/a>, as the prime example of how fiat money fuels endless wars that the public would not have supported if a transparent wartime tax had been levied.<\/p>\n

He also cited the collapse of the paper currency under the Song dynasty in 13th-century China and the hyperinflation of assignats in 18th-century France as examples of how governments financed war beyond their means and debased their currencies. Livingston said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cMonetary power is political power. When a government can conjure currency with a few keystrokes, it acquires the means to project violence far beyond what citizens would ever approve of if the bill arrived as a direct tax. In other words, fiat money is the silent partner of every modern war.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The US dollar has lost over 90% of its value since 1913 due to currency inflation. Source: <\/em>BitBo<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sound money advocates have long touted Bitcoin\u2019s power to separate money from the state<\/a> and alter humanity\u2019s trajectory, much in the same way foundational technologies like the printing press dramatically altered human civilization and helped erode centralized power structures.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin advocates argue that sound money is necessary for human flourishing, and moving the world to a Bitcoin standard<\/a> helps promote technological innovation, social cohesion, artistic creation, and freedom.<\/p>\n

Earlier monetary media, including gold and paper currencies, are deeply flawed, with the former leading to the centralization of money and the latter being a poor store of value due to money printing, according to Saifedean Ammous, author of \u201cThe Bitcoin Standard.\u201d<\/p>\n