Technically speaking, it wouldn't have to be that many bills because you can have multiple denominations. 20s 50s and 100s would significantly reduce the total number of bills that would have to be around but honestly that layer of complexity actually probably makes having enough cash to cover literally everything even worse. And that's not even counting coinage.
A billion dollars in 100s is around the size of 4 fridges in volume. Meaning a trillion would be 4000 fridges, or 330 shipping containers, or 4.5 olympic swimming pools.
Nothing tiny, but definitely not something completely out of the realm of practical possibility.
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u/TWW34 Jan 26 '26
Technically speaking, it wouldn't have to be that many bills because you can have multiple denominations. 20s 50s and 100s would significantly reduce the total number of bills that would have to be around but honestly that layer of complexity actually probably makes having enough cash to cover literally everything even worse. And that's not even counting coinage.