[Susquehanna Patriot]

“Except in other countries where it is priced in the world’s major currencies.”

I did not mean to imply that its value is only in dollars. It is valued in currency.

“And that should be asked of the banking system too then..”

I am not aware of any bank or credit system saying that the more energy they consume on a transaction, the more secure, the more final (i.e. safe) that transaction becomes. If your point is that such electronic transactions consume (mega) energy, that is another question.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I am not aware of any bank or credit system saying that the more energy they consume on a transaction, the more secure, the more final (i.e. safe) that transaction becomes.

Nor I...

But everything they do takes energy -buildings, computer systems, security.