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Currency World Cafe
Which currency supports my / our intention ?
● Find your favourite on 1 of 4 tables● Money based● Time based● Crypto currencies● Colourcash
Table 1Money based currencies
Money based permacredits
Money based LETS
● Local Exchange Trading System (LETS)
● Keep money in the region
● Value is connected to a place
● Interest free● Can't be bought for
money
Money based Brixton Pound
● Valid in Brixton, London● For sale in Pound
Sterling● Cash, Notes & Text
Messaging● 10% extra purchasing
power● Income is mixture of
£ / B£
Money based Barter
● Business swapping goods
● When there is no capital to finance trade
● Every transaction is charged
● “trade euro”
Table 2Time based
Time Based LETS hours
● Value = time● Exchange of services● Validity limited to a
location● All hours are equal● No interest
Minuto
● Every participant issues vouchers
● 60 minuto = 1 hour of quality performance
● = 30 euro (in 2010)● Inflation free and local ● Current until return to
issuer / 3 years● +2 persons surety
Table 3Internet & Crypto currencies
VEN
● Global digital p2p currency
● For everyone, issued by Hub Culture
● Value floats between regular currencies, bulk goods and CO2 futures
Crypto eGulden
● eGulden open source peer-to-peer crypto currency.
● send and receive direct, secure transfers from everyone in the world who also has a eGulden wallet.
● No banks or transaction costs involved making payments
Crypto Bitcoin
● Electronic coin● Contains cryptographic
cyphers● Number of bitcoins is limited
by maths to 21 million● Harvesting bitcoins costs
processing time = energy● Transactions are secured
but not 100% anonymous, even for bitcoin-protocol users
● Mutually exchange● Bitcoin claim it is like
gold - limited volume
Internet Ripple
● Social network community currency
● Peer-to-peer● Looks like Online Lets
with user who “trust” each other
● Pay to untrusted peers using a series of “trusted” peers.
● Value of XRP floats on the market
Table 4Colourcash
Colourcash
● 3D or 6D system to approach ecologic value
● Goal = balance● Transparency, responsibility● Matter within lifecycle,
outside life cyce and energy are counted for seperately
● Value is related to a natural product or utensil using S.I units like Watt, kg
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