<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Sun, Jun 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1381963501790284804"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_1381963501790284804WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Sell your Bitcoins!</span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span class="m_1381963501790284804m5796903525453721769gmaildefault"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small"></span></span></span></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Keith,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have heard that it was an incredibly stupid question, and that it isn’t clear if the question makes sense in a singularity world.  OK.  But still nothing that sounds much like an answer, even a stupid one.  I have heard an illegal one: John’s suggestion that the Treasury prints counterfeit cash, </span></b></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-size:x-small" class="gmail_default">The treasury cannot print counterfeit cash by definition.</div><div style="font-size:x-small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1381963501790284804"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_1381963501790284804WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">which then belongs to… who?  Why?  How does that help?  If there is some way to find money, why aren’t we finding it now, to balance the budget?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small"></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">For a long time now, the government has been creating money. That is the root of inflation. But it is needed to keep up with economic growth. Not that I understand it. Nor do I understand how things will work out after the  singularity rolls over everything. Back around 1990 I wrote about people having a backpack that folded out into a leaf so people got all their food directly from the sun. So maybe people won't starve after all.<br></span> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1381963501790284804"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_1381963501790284804WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">Keith</span><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">spike<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small"></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>