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Iran currency collapses - What works when money stops working? BTC, Gold or the real Bitcoin, BSV?

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Today, Iran’s national currency — the rial — has effectively stopped working.

Markets froze, prices became meaningless, savings evaporated, and ordinary people were left paying the price for political and monetary failure. This isn’t just another headline. It’s what happens when money is tightly bound to politics, sanctions, and central control.

In this video, I look at Iran’s currency collapse and ask a simple, practical question:

What actually works when money stops working?

I compare the usual alternatives people turn to in moments like this:

The History of Paper Money, Banking, the Gold Standard, and Fiat Money in 10 Minutes

Blog Post

Knowing a little about the history of money is important in understanding the significance of a breakthrough like Bitcoin. In his previous article, Marquez Comelab wrote about the early forms of money like cows, rice, and shells, among many others, to the more durable and portable gold and silver coins. In this article, Marquez takes you through a condensed history of how paper money invented in China over a thousand years ago, combined with the development and use of banking, accelerated the evolution of the monetary and financial system we have today.