I would love to fight this but it is seeming like an inevitability. If you have the means, it’s time to leave the big cities. Sell your houses for what I consider to be an insanely high price (given today’s market) and buy a plot of land with a well for the same money. Once everyone gets on this boat the city houses will be cheap and farm houses expensive. You get bonus points if your country house is over 250 miles from the city.
The death of cash brings a social credit system (linked to corporate control like conspirologist says), and the alternative is a regression to bartering - which will be made illegal. If you live in the country this is possible. A split cord of wood is worth three honey wagon visits. Frozen raspberries trade for fresh honey at about 3:1 pound for pound. Bakers are setting up and now deliver once a week, and they accept Wild game and berries. The weird thing is that we have other “job” jobs, but wondering when they will end...gotta buy flour somehow and that doesn’t grow in the mountains. Fortunately, gold does. The only hurdle for newcomers is overcoming that label - the sooner you move, the newer you aren’t. Alaska is great, by the way.
regression to bartering - which will be made illegal. If you live in the country this is possible. A split cord of wood is worth three honey wagon visits. Frozen raspberries trade for fresh honey at about 3:1 pound for pound. Bakers are setting up and now deliver once a week, and they accept Wild game and berries.
If only we had some kind of thing we could trade as an intermediary...
For the sake of argument, “cashless society” is what we’re pondering - so the usual intermediary, or rather, it’s digital alternative with no circulated bank notes, are not available. Coyly referring to “an intermediary” negates the entire premise, which is detailed in the title.
I agree with metals having real value, but like many “non-currency” fans I’m still not sold on digital coins. I think they are ultimately traceable, or the ones that aren’t eventually banned will be. Having value in your hands is the only way.
-and the blockchain itself, depending on how the tags are managed and folded into the next transaction. We thought that the blockchain was secure, but then a series of trades Nov 2016 showed us differently. They will control the exchanges, so even a decently designed coin will be compromised once cashed in.
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WhyNoDonuts ago
I would love to fight this but it is seeming like an inevitability. If you have the means, it’s time to leave the big cities. Sell your houses for what I consider to be an insanely high price (given today’s market) and buy a plot of land with a well for the same money. Once everyone gets on this boat the city houses will be cheap and farm houses expensive. You get bonus points if your country house is over 250 miles from the city.
The death of cash brings a social credit system (linked to corporate control like conspirologist says), and the alternative is a regression to bartering - which will be made illegal. If you live in the country this is possible. A split cord of wood is worth three honey wagon visits. Frozen raspberries trade for fresh honey at about 3:1 pound for pound. Bakers are setting up and now deliver once a week, and they accept Wild game and berries. The weird thing is that we have other “job” jobs, but wondering when they will end...gotta buy flour somehow and that doesn’t grow in the mountains. Fortunately, gold does. The only hurdle for newcomers is overcoming that label - the sooner you move, the newer you aren’t. Alaska is great, by the way.
prairie ago
If only we had some kind of thing we could trade as an intermediary...
WhyNoDonuts ago
For the sake of argument, “cashless society” is what we’re pondering - so the usual intermediary, or rather, it’s digital alternative with no circulated bank notes, are not available. Coyly referring to “an intermediary” negates the entire premise, which is detailed in the title.
prairie ago
I meant gold and silver. We don't need government funny money to do transactions.
WhyNoDonuts ago
I agree with metals having real value, but like many “non-currency” fans I’m still not sold on digital coins. I think they are ultimately traceable, or the ones that aren’t eventually banned will be. Having value in your hands is the only way.
prairie ago
Agreed on digital. Even if the crypto itself isn't trackable, the app/device you use will be compromised.
WhyNoDonuts ago
-and the blockchain itself, depending on how the tags are managed and folded into the next transaction. We thought that the blockchain was secure, but then a series of trades Nov 2016 showed us differently. They will control the exchanges, so even a decently designed coin will be compromised once cashed in.
prairie ago
Exchanges are big IOU factories. People wanting to play the market give lots of control to exchanges. Hold your own keys or you don't own it
WhyNoDonuts ago
I grit my teeth a bit when I have to pay some extra charge or another for coins, but it’s worth it.