NEO Magazine Issue 3 | Page 90

Lastly, money and sustainability do not go together. It is either one or the other. Perhaps a free, fixed volume currency can work, but it opens the opportunity to corrupt the system, becoming our weakest link of trade. Money disconnects our association from people, not respect it. I believe every civilization before us has failed because of the political dogma and monetary foundation owning creativity, not leveraging it. or provide the development of a different price mechanism to take hold if there was no more money created. This eventually leads to … It has taken a long time to get here on such a global scale. Doing it again will be easier the next time if we still value quantity over quality. Any currency has to be human-centric, based on offering status by creating in the most sustainable way possible. I am going to comment on a few things in this article, and then come up with my argument for why a gifting economy is feasible, scalable, and, I believe, inevitable. Banglapesa In essence, what was created was simply the increase in volume of money available to people, which allowed them to buy more things, which means less waste. So, despite the technical details of the currency itself, in the context of how it was delivered I do not see much difference than a bank increasing the money supply. The significant difference is it can’t be taken away by anyone, and yes, it can stabilize pricing, but then how do people compare their respective creations? They have based it on the shilling, which doesn’t change much, Bitcoin and Other CrCs As centralised as it becomes because of the higher work needed to validate transactions, there is no incentive to jump ship, because taking money out of the system limits exchange, and the engine that runs validating transactions becomes virtually maintenance-free. Even the energy to run it can be on solar or whatever which makes it free to run the server. So, let’s say the world begins using one currency (BTC) that costs as much as the person who owns and runs the best server to live how they want. Let’s say that’s me. What on earth would be my gain if I take money out of the system and have you struggling for prices, especially since there is a limit, and I have a hoard of BTC to spend? I am going to look pretty stupid, and be ostracised, because even if prices fall for your