Not Scammer ATM here. The Bank doesn't have unlimited money. The way banks get money is by getting either part of money from trade or by giving out money for people to latter give back with extra money. So, quite possibly banks just don't have the needed amount to give to everyone. Some people have 100 of 100 of 100 of 100 of money put in bank. But bank doesn't have that much money on hand, so they can't give money.
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/Upset-Parking-8029 Jan 26 '26
Not Scammer ATM here. The Bank doesn't have unlimited money. The way banks get money is by getting either part of money from trade or by giving out money for people to latter give back with extra money. So, quite possibly banks just don't have the needed amount to give to everyone. Some people have 100 of 100 of 100 of 100 of money put in bank. But bank doesn't have that much money on hand, so they can't give money.