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Proposal floats currency based on a radioactive isotope

Original: Hence I propose defining a currency in terms of something that CAN'T be hoarded: a radioisotope. In order to maintain on

An idea circulating online proposes defining a currency in terms of something that cannot be hoarded: a radioisotope. Under the scheme, anyone holding a stock of potassium-40 would have to keep spending effort enriching natural potassium to maintain their holdings, and accumulating too much would become physically unsafe. The proposal is framed as an alternative to gold or bitcoin-style assets that reward hoarding, though it appears to be a thought experiment rather than a serious plan.

Why now: The deliberately absurd idea of an unhoardable radioactive currency is being shared as a provocative critique of hoarding-prone money like crypto or gold.

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• Hence I propose defining a currency in terms of something that CAN'T be hoarded: a radioisotope. In order to maintain one's hoard of 40K, one would have to continue putting effort into enriching natural potassium. It would be unsafe to hoard too much radiopotassium-based… · mxchara@cyberpunk.lol

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