this also reminds me of the internet currencies created during the dotcom
boom (i.e. flooz & beenz) and also of "e-gold" (which is still around:
www.e-gold.com), all of which use tokens rather than dollars (which are
tokens too). these always seemed to me to be ADDING a step to transactions
rather
here's a good introduction to local currency systems.
http://www.transaction.net/money/
etb
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