Filed: 0003-∞ // Reality Cluster: Quantumbra-∆3 // Archive Node: Refluxia Prime
In a bold attempt to eliminate inflation, the Fiscal Synthesis Council of Refluxia Prime has issued the first edible currency: the Bitelira. Designed to be both legal tender and lunch, each denomination can be consumed to reduce the circulating money supply, theoretically tightening markets with every bite.
“If we can’t trust people to save money, we can at least let them eat it,” said Glorp D’Saline, culinary economist and chief architect of the program.
Available in bite-sized coins (“Gulpiks”) and larger denominations such as the GigaBite, the Bitelira blends gourmet cuisine with anti-counterfeit measures. Each unit contains digestible watermarking and caloric encoding to prevent forgery.
Within days, entire sectors of the population abandoned traditional saving strategies, opting instead to eat their wages. Markets began to violently convulse around mealtimes as consumption rapidly outpaced forecasting models. One resident claims to have eaten their entire retirement, stating: “It tasted like stability, with notes of regret.”
While initially hailed as a fiscal breakthrough, edible currency has proven dangerously appetizing. Limited-edition flavors triggered speculative bubbles with one luxury note, the Truffle Reserve, briefly trading at 400% above face value before being devoured in what analysts now call the “Gastronomic Correction.”
Despite the chaos, rumors suggest influencers have begun advocating for a chocolate-backed crypto currency. One prominent lifestyle hologram described it as “a delicious hedge against volatility, with zero guilt and full mouthfeel—though I do recommend selling before dessert to avoid a classic pump-and-dump.”
When asked if the program would continue, D’Saline shrugged. “There’s no going back. We’ve monetized hunger.” Authorities attempted to backtrack and issue a non-palatable version under Emergency Fiscal Edibility Directive 7-B, but uptake collapsed when citizens discovered it tasted like municipal paperwork.
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