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It's interesting that even the current financial system fits so snugly into 2^64! Global GDP = $100T = $10^14. If we imagine global assets being worth 10x GDP, that's $10^15. 2^64 = 1.8 * 10^19. If people care about measuring values to precision at $0.0001, that's about the limit.



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