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by Scoundreller 2616 days ago
Then you have failed to counter the claim of "One of the primary arguments in favour of cryptocurrency is avoiding the fragility of fractional reserve banking."
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Most people would define fractional reserve banking" as a bank* that loans out a fraction of its reserves.

You are of course free to equate that to "your self-hosted BTC wallet", but I doubt it will gain much traction as a definition.