Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to The Internet in Ancient Times@lemmy.world · 2 months agoAre these the bit coins everyone's been talking about?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down13
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoCoinage is just a fad. Look at how easy the system is to game! We’ll be back to silver ingots in no time, mark my words.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoPff, modern nonsense. Who has time for metallurgy at scale? Tally Sticks. That’s where its at.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAnyone can counterfeit a tally stick. Now a cowrie shell…
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoFuck you, fuck this, I am just going back to directly bartering my many goats and cows. (And wives).
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI just talked to a Mayan buddy of mine and he suggested cacao beans.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI mean sure. Not my cup of tea, but you do you. Just try not to lose your head if they try to recruit you into their local sports league.
minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoClearly we should be using something more widely accepted, like Ningi https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ningi
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI’m stocking up on all the leaves I can rake
minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoFar too difficult, just gather a few leaves and burn all the rest
Coinage is just a fad. Look at how easy the system is to game! We’ll be back to silver ingots in no time, mark my words.
Pff, modern nonsense.
Who has time for metallurgy at scale?
Tally Sticks. That’s where its at.
Anyone can counterfeit a tally stick. Now a cowrie shell…
Fuck you, fuck this, I am just going back to directly bartering my many goats and cows.
(And wives).
I just talked to a Mayan buddy of mine and he suggested cacao beans.
I mean sure.
Not my cup of tea, but you do you.
Just try not to lose your head if they try to recruit you into their local sports league.
Clearly we should be using something more widely accepted, like Ningi
https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ningi
I’m stocking up on all the leaves I can rake
Far too difficult, just gather a few leaves and burn all the rest