It's hard not to remember Bitcoin when he talks about "something they can't stop". Hayek argues in his work, The Privatization of Money, that there are currencies competing with each other, without the obligation to use state money.

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Bitcoin's blockchain technology allows for decentralized transactions and bookkeeping, and it is in limited supply, which makes it scarce and valuable. Its emergence does reflect the idea of monetary competition as described by Hayek.