The money printing can and will get a lot worse. Despite how often it's referenced, it will be a long time before we have to worry about becoming like Venezuela. This is due to a problem with the US dollar that no other nation has.
The USD is essentially the world's currency. Not that of the US. As I result, I predict the US debt-to-GDP ratio will be able to get much worse than one might initially think. This is because the value of the USD is bolstered not by the US economy, as it should be, but instead by many other things. These are:
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The US bonds market; many times larger than the stock market
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The USD as a world currency
Unfortunately, that means that the US can afford to pay for a whole hell of a lot of BS. It's just that we shouldn't. Use of the USD contributes to the US's stranglehold on the global economy, as well as a pretty substantial obstacle to American freedoms and the 'America First' mindset. Certainly, it's not a good thing that the value of the USD is determined by the global elites, essentially giving a free pass to the US gov to abuse their own people through monetary policy.
The way to overcome this is IMO not cryptocurrency. Crypto is not tied down to the value of anything the way that normal currencies are. It's traded like a stock. You don't buy with it, sell with it, or use it to pay wages, so it will never be as stable as it would need to be to become a national currency.
Instead, I suggest an open-source mint, whereby any number of coins can be made, but where the value of the coins is at least partially backed by the sheer amount of effort needed to produce them. For this, I suggest taking a cheap plate-able metal, and making electroplated coins. In the spirit of open-source, the means of production and the imperfections would certify it as legit. It's too simple in concept to counterfeit.
Currency was originally made by merchants to facilitate trade. It's time that it becomes so again, and that the US once more has a national currency, instead of the globalist paper we have now.
In a sense this was tried by Bernard von NotHaus in the late 90s / early 2000s (with the Liberty Dollar)... but once it started getting popular the Feds shut that down quick.
So I guess you could say you're definitely on to something!
I totally agree and feel that there should be no prohibition against creating whatever type of currency one desires. Let the open market (supply & demand) determine the value of any currency, crypto or physical.
Another interesting study in unapproved alternative currency are the Emperor Norton Dollars... Which technically was a fiat currency made up by a crazy man in late 1800s San Francisco, but which actually have increased in value tremendously since their issuance due to their folk legend status 🧐