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Re: Bitcoins interest rates possible?
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on 28/06/2011, 13:42:46 UTC
The example you post does not increase the money supply; if person A deposits 100 USD in bank A and it is lent to person B who deposits in is bank B, the money supply is still only 100 USD, and bank A would only earn the interest difference between interest charged to person B subtracted by interest paid to person A. This is not fractional reserve banking.

this is fractional reserve banking with a reserve rate of 0 %, so in a strict sense you're right, it is "no reserve banking".

the are many different measurements of money supply. the money supply you're thinking about is the 21 million coins, aka the "monetary base". you're right that bank lending does not increase the monetary base.
but bank lending doesnt increase the monetary base of current fiat monetary systems either.

so if someone says "banks create/print money" he is talking about a definition of money supply that includes bank deposits (usually M1 - M3 definitions).
the answer to that is: bitcoin banks would, too.

no difference.