Hi Mark , Natalie, Patrick and all, Mark ( Janssen ) , I notice you may be into graph theory ? Could this interest you ? ( or anyone here reading this ) http://www.automenta.com/netention usage I would like to share from it ( when it is developed ) http://sharewiki.org/en/Transaction_Graphs // Patrick, it seems there has been an outcome from proceedings : http://www.zerohedge.com/print/338064 // till then, as shared in a previous post by Kevin, Mutual Credit / Time Banks seem to be accepted ( ? ), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_banking - reciprocal service exchange - based on this form of accountancy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_credit or other currencies, such as 100 percent guaranteed ( by dollar credit ) regional Freigeld currencies too ( or at least, in Europe - and in a some cases I hear they first ask permission to the central bank ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freigeld who in many cases use "demurrage" to reduce hoarding / encourage liquidity in the local economy. // I may be deviating from the initial topic... but since I joined in in expressing my preferences and wishes, here goes : I do not know if any of you is into humanitarian / development work ? I notice millions are spent in humanitarian aid, yet very often directly in dollars or mainstream currencies, sometimes not even invested into the local economy ( other then the infrastructure that may remain after that passage of foreign NGO's ). I feel supporting local economies / local development can be multiplied by using the same amount of dollar money yet using a complementary currency ( a currency 100 percent guaranteed by this "real" money - which seems to be legal and does not require a banking permit ) , hence enabling it to circulate faster ( if it has demurrage ) - hence increasing local liquidity and exchanges - and reduce its likeliness to get hoarded outside of the local economy. Such solutions may seem simple enough to implement, yet then I realize I am just an individual, and it requires collaboration. I see potential in being able to define such approaches with tools which I hope will be operational soon, such as http://www.automenta.com/netention I would also like to see this implemented in conjuction with a basic income, such as experimented in Namibia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income_guarantee#Examples_of_implementati... http://www.bignam.org/ On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Natalie Golovin <[email protected]> wrote:
It's my understanding that only "legal tender" is legal. Of course, the govt won't attempt to get involved in local community barter arrangements if they stay low on Fed radar. But it won't let those grow....just like med marijuana
-----Original Message----- From: Patrick Anderson Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:50 PM To: P2P Foundation mailing list Subject: Re: [P2P-F] "Currency Wars" ?
Natalie Golovin wrote:
just decriminalize alternatives
Are you saying the various community currencies being used now are illegal?
I heard the Liberty Dollar guys were attacked, but I don't know the details...
thx
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