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 According to Murray Rothbard in The Case For A 100 Percent Gold Backed Dollar, a dollar was worth approximately 1/20 an ounce of gold prior to WWI. This means a penny was worth 0.005 ounces of Gold, or $1.25 in today's dollar that is backed by the full faith and credit of the Land of Make Believe. 

These days, $1.25 is the price of the cheapest trinkets at the Dollar Tree. The dollar is the new penny and orange is the new gold. We all expect sat cent parity, but that is much too bearish.

It's not such a stretch to think one sat will eventually reach Dollar Tree parity and thirty things in your Dollar Tree cart will cost 30 sats. We might not see get to see this, but I suspect my grandchildren will be able to buy something at the Sat Tree for a single sat.

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 You could always use #goldbacks