scott wrote:
>>   Yep, we've got it in our pockets in a physical state, but it really 
>> isn't real in the sense of world-wide governments.
> 
> If you look on an English bank note, it says "I promise to pay the 
> bearer on demand the sum of xxx pounds".  It basically comes from the 
> fact that in the old days you would drop off 100 pounds of gold at the 
> bank and they'd give you a 100 pound "note" that entitled you to the 
> gold.  Then people realised it's easier to just trade these notes rather 
> than actual gold.



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