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l23k4last Tuesday at 1:39 PM1 replyview on HN

I'd argue that the poor capitalization was a core part of wildcat banking, that's not really the case here.


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nyteskylast Tuesday at 2:44 PM

Is that a tongue in cheek reference to my inadvertently weird capitalization of wildcat as WildCat — no idea why I did that, maybe a throwback to my ThunderCats fandom of my youth.

Maybe lack of capital is a factor, but doesn’t that only come into play if redemptions are large? If it acts as a currency in circulation, there can be very little actual capital backing it (like how fractional reserves work for regular banks, IIRC).

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