It's not a matter of belief at all. Fractional Reserve Banking works more or less exactly as described in the first video. The question is whether or not FRB is inherently "bad" or not. Advocates of the Gold Standard should remember that there are disadvantages to that model as well and there were some sound reasons it was given up. (Such as artificially capping economic growth based solely on the supply of currency.)

A FRB model coupled with Keynesian policies has been successful at minimizing the effects of major recessions and depressions. I find the Fractional Reserve system to be quite disconcerting, but I'm not certain that it's necessarily doomed for collapse.

Bitcoin is interesting precisely because it's neither a fiat currency nor a commodity. It's something new...

Demon Hunter if solo; Monk if playing in a group.

I'm just completely fascinated by BTC. It's hard to pin down a reason, but it seems like a disruptive technology in its infancy -- with limitless potential.

That's really cool Drudge

Just watched the first one and it was pretty awesome.

That said, it seems like Keynesian economics have been pretty successful over the past century. I'm not sure how all this macroeconomic policy really plays out on the national level....

Steam credit/gift cards. That would be cool. Especially because there's a summer sale coming up.