Bartering is difficult due to the double coincidence of wants. Both parties must possess something the other desires at the same time. Money solves this problem due to its near infinite alternative uses. Don't expect bartertown to arise, expect alternative forms of money in much the same way prisons use ramen or cigarettes.
Bitcoin is a bit of a trap due to the completely public ledger if you're wanting to use it in completely illegal activity. If you want to engage in counter-economics I'd recommend looking into Monero.
Is it really a problem that should be solved? I don't really need to be able to buy stuff on amazon or be able to buy houses in multiple states. By not solving the problem, it prevents various other problems. I think convenience always has a price, and that price needs to be understood before committing all neighbors and future generations to paying it.
At the root, I think it's kind of a matter of people being rightfully afraid that when they want something from someone else, that they'll be unable to give that person something that they want in order to secure the transaction. This is a solution to me, not a problem. If you have nothing that anyone wants, and can do no action that anyone cares about, you don't really deserve the items and actions of other people. So I think I'm opposed to standardized currencies.
I'm not aware of any civilization that didn't have a form of currency. It would be easier to eliminate the wheel, as at least you'd be able to pay people to go around breaking wheels.
Yeah, that's basically the frustrating part, to me. I can't even check history to see an example of how it plays out.
I don't expect anyone to be willing to give up or avoid currency. It's one of those fundamental conveniences that we've invented, and I can't concisely describe the cost of it.
Bartering is difficult due to the double coincidence of wants. Both parties must possess something the other desires at the same time. Money solves this problem due to its near infinite alternative uses. Don't expect bartertown to arise, expect alternative forms of money in much the same way prisons use ramen or cigarettes.
Bitcoin.
It's going be bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a bit of a trap due to the completely public ledger if you're wanting to use it in completely illegal activity. If you want to engage in counter-economics I'd recommend looking into Monero.
Is it really a problem that should be solved? I don't really need to be able to buy stuff on amazon or be able to buy houses in multiple states. By not solving the problem, it prevents various other problems. I think convenience always has a price, and that price needs to be understood before committing all neighbors and future generations to paying it.
At the root, I think it's kind of a matter of people being rightfully afraid that when they want something from someone else, that they'll be unable to give that person something that they want in order to secure the transaction. This is a solution to me, not a problem. If you have nothing that anyone wants, and can do no action that anyone cares about, you don't really deserve the items and actions of other people. So I think I'm opposed to standardized currencies.
I'm not aware of any civilization that didn't have a form of currency. It would be easier to eliminate the wheel, as at least you'd be able to pay people to go around breaking wheels.
Yeah, that's basically the frustrating part, to me. I can't even check history to see an example of how it plays out.
I don't expect anyone to be willing to give up or avoid currency. It's one of those fundamental conveniences that we've invented, and I can't concisely describe the cost of it.