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		keepamovin on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 64-bit bank balances ‘ought to be enough for anybo... Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe "100 Trillion Dollars" hahahahaha LOL. Is that real? OMG, that's incredible. Image if this trend kept going: what sign of humanity that new SI units need to be minted first because inflation drives currencies to insane new denominations, rather than cat videos, IoT and porn bulge yottabytes out of bounds?

ceejayoz on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

Zimbabwe underwent a period of hyperinflation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Zimbabwe

They eventually stopped printing currency.

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