More battles and books. #timeline #history

A bit of #sword #history

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The Evolution of Swords | Pooley Sword

The history of swords by Pooley Swords. Discover the ancient swords. The leading Cutlers of swords, dirks and lances to the British Armed Forces, C...

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I recently spoke to an older man who still thought that his country (Austria) backs its currency with gold reserves. I consider him a smart man... so I had to check: Austria has 280 tn of gold in it's reserves. At current prices (116,139 €/kg) that's only 32.5 bn. M2 of Austria was 520 bn USD or 448Bn EUR. M1 was ~320 Bn. So depending on how you measure it the backing is at most 10%. Still, it's much better than I expected. But bear in mind that gold prices have doubled recently... so a few years ago it was probably below 5%. A far cry from the strict central banking of the post war years, when people still remembered hyperinflation of the 1920's.

Gold stock 216.000 Tn. Gold production 4.000 Tn. Stock/Flow = 54

Italy starts eyeing gold reserves. Hmmm... I think that I know where this is headed. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/italy-presses-ahead-with-claim-central-banks-300-billion-gold-pile-2025-11-27/

On a map you would include major landmarks: cities, roads, castles, universities, ports... What would be the equivalent on a #timeline ? Sticking to my gold, swords, ideas categories, I thought I should include some measure of trade as a backdrop, selected books and major battles. Hopefully it's legible... #history

Swiss voters reject proposed tax on super rich. Swiss direct democracy continues to show common sense. https://www.reuters.com/business/swiss-voters-reject-proposed-tax-super-rich-with-79-public-broadcaster-estimates-2025-11-30/

A lot of things are not working today... primal web, lnbits, zapadd... Any ideas why?

I've added some more detail and connections between civs. #timeline #history

La propuesta de reforma educativa de Milei es espectacular para la libertad. #hispano

#hispano Buen Dinero

#timeline #history I thought it would be fun to include waves of innovation in S-curve shape.

Work in progress... #timeline #history

Someone hire the studio that made "Dear Alice" and make a solarpunk Bitcoin utopia ad.

Dear Alice #solarpunk #scifi

US Business booms and depressions since 1775. #economic #history #timeline

Summarised history of money. From mesopotamian and egyptian weights to Bitcoin. #timeline #history #money

Hyperinflation episodes. #timeline #economics

WTF Happened In 1971?

WTF Happened In 1971?

https://inflationdata.com/articles/2022/08/10/u-s-cumulative-inflation-since-1913/ "I don't believe we shall ever have a good money again befo...

Politicians don't want to stop spending. Why would they? The money spent by government is what gives them power and wealth. The only situation in which the incentives align to cut spending is in a moment of crisis, when their power is directly and immediately threatened. But as long as they can kick the can down the road and make it someone else's problem, they will.