PRE-1900
1694
War Finance → Bank of England
Public debt, private issuance, national power
PRE-1900
1844
Peel's Act: Note Monopoly
Exclusive note powers centralize money under the BoE
PRE-1900
1862–1863
Lincoln's Greenbacks & National Banking
Sovereign money to fund war, then standardized federal banking
1900-1950
1907
Panic of 1907: The Catalyst
Banking crisis creates demand for a central bank
1900-1950
1910
Jekyll Island: The Blueprint
Secret meeting drafts the Federal Reserve system
1900-1950
1913
The Federal Reserve: Elastic Money
Formal central bank ends panics, makes money elastic
1900-1950
1930
BIS: The Bank of Central Banks
Transnational hub where central banks coordinate global credit rules
1900-1950
1933
Executive Order 6102: Gold Confiscation
Citizens forced to surrender gold, dollar devalued
1900-1950
1944
Bretton Woods: Dollar as World Reserve
Post-war order pegs world currencies to dollar, dollar to gold
1950-2000
1971
Nixon Shock: End of Gold Standard
Dollar severed from gold — pure fiat begins
1950-2000
1974
Petrodollar System
Oil priced in dollars props up demand post-gold
1950-2000
1988 → 2010s
Basel I → II → III: Global Bank Rules
Credit creation gated by global rulebook, not just national law
2000+
2000s → now
Algorithmic Delivery
Price delivered by code — scheduled, automated, algorithmic
2000+
2008–2014, 2020+
Quantitative Easing: Money Printer Go Brrr
Central banks create trillions to buy assets
2000+
2023
FedNow: Always-On Rails
24/7 real-time settlement — instant, programmable infrastructure
2000+
2022 → Future
CBDCs: Programmable Money
Digital cash as central-bank liability — programmable use, expiry, conditions
YOUR PATH
Your Path
Agency & Resilience
Private liquidity, entity layers, tax-aware planning — your counter-system