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Loans have always existed, but they were never widely available to the average person buying everyday items. For example, loans became more accessible after the USA decoupled from the gold standard, which allowed more people to buy things like cars.

Before that, how did people buy a car? Well, they had to walk to work, ride a bike, or take the bus for YEARS, saving up for a purchase.

Once we transition to a Bitcoin standard, we’ll be returning to this system. The days of easily buying cars, houses, pizza, and clothes on credit will be behind us. I’m in Canada, and life here is much easier compared to other countries because we can access credit for things like cars or clothes. But many countries still don't have that option.

It’s hard to imagine having to walk to work or ride a bike for years just to save up for a car in Western countries, but I believe this will happen no matter how hard companies try to keep the loan system going.

Credit has made many people in the West selfish and less mindful about saving. The culture here isn’t about saving—it's about spending on credit.

You know those grandpas who say they had to walk miles to school or work? Well, we might be heading back to that.

Loans will still exist, but they will be reserved for big purchases or companies, not for the average person.

The "good days" of easy credit are over, and I support this shift. That’s why I believe in Bitcoin: it will push people to work harder, lose weight, and learn to value money.

Same question more precisely : how and why transitioning to a bitcoin standard would make us return to the old system you describes ?

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because the old system was based on the Gold standard which is sound money.

and Bitcoin is a sound money system. So the world will run on sound money again.

The fiat system which is not sound money will die.

Thank you. But this would require to end or seriously limit the abbility to use fractionnal reserve. And how would bitcoin do that ? As long as there are major financial institutions with enough trust from people, I see no limit in loans. (Micro)Strategy could one day lend 100x their bitcoin reserve in any new bitcoin-backed coin. Or I am missing something ?

Bitcoin will end fractional reserve banking. Bitcoin will replace the fiat banking system.

What you need to do is research and read up on what is sound money and how sound money works.

You need to understand how the old system works in order to understand how Bitcoin works.

I do read a lot about it. Still, I didn't find any direct "law" that says "sound money ends fractional reserve" nad why. If you have any precise resource to share about this, I would be happy to read even more ;-)

Of course I understand that if everybody use only sound money, fractional reserve could not exist. But my point is that even if bitcoin becomes the main currency of the world, it might be the reserve currency, just like gold has been. So more precisely, what would prevent bitcoin to become a reserve currency ? If at some point it is hard to get, because it is limited, most people may want to use alternative currencies, and we would be back to the same cycle again. I do not see anything preventing it from happening.