🚪 The Gold Window

History · 1944 to 1971, one tap at a time, until the window closes.

Walk from Bretton Woods to August 15, 1971 and watch dollars held abroad climb past the gold behind them. Nothing is stolen and no law is broken — a promise simply stops being honoured, and the world keeps using the currency anyway.

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Learn the why: Bretton Woods & the Nixon Shock in The Fiat System.