Nothing, in fact that is encouraged. I could imagine having a “checking account” in demurrage currency that my paycheck is deposited into, but at the end of the week or month I sweep excess funds (my savings) into a “savings account” backed by treasury bonds, gold, bitcoin, or similar.
The point is to keep cash itself in circulation, regardless of economic circumstances. Had we a demurrage currency in 2008, we might not have had as severe a “credit crunch” as we did--people would still want to loan or invest even in bad times. Demurrage removes, through negative incentive, the “sinks” where money can end up in unproductive storage on the ledger of some company or individual somewhere, and instead keeps it flowing through the economy.
That's not how economics works. We had a 'credit crunch' because billions of dollars in market value was disappearing, sometimes overnight, devaluing securities. A new currency that no one wants to hold for longer than they have to isn't going to change that.
The point is to keep cash itself in circulation, regardless of economic circumstances. Had we a demurrage currency in 2008, we might not have had as severe a “credit crunch” as we did--people would still want to loan or invest even in bad times. Demurrage removes, through negative incentive, the “sinks” where money can end up in unproductive storage on the ledger of some company or individual somewhere, and instead keeps it flowing through the economy.