Kevin's Bacon on Nostr: Technically IOUs are valid, the issue is that the government permits lawless behavior ...
Technically IOUs are valid, the issue is that the government permits lawless behavior and you cannot say with any decent degree of confidence that you won't get rugged. In a free society, cashu, even though it is custodial in a sense, would work splendidly in a free banking paradigm.
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