were saying that they're comfortable using
an independent or branded currency.
So that's getting really interesting here,
a really interesting dynamic going on.
And you think, corporations
should start taking their assets
and thinking of them
in a different way and trading them.
And you think, is it much of a leap?
It seems farfetched,
but when you think about it,
in America in 1860,
there were 1,600 corporations
issuing banknotes.
There were 8,000 kinds
of notes in America.
And the only thing that stopped that,
the government controlled
four percent of the supply,
and the only thing that stopped it
was the Civil War breaking out,
and the government suddenly wanted
to take control of the money.
So government, money, war,
nothing changes there, then.
So what I'm going to ask is, basically,
is history repeating itself?
Is technology making paper
money feel outmoded?