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Re:Rai Stones by _bxg1 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:42PM (#22647773)
The "oral history" part makes me think the "ledger" exists in the collective memory of a community. Plus, the value is purely defined on how hard the artifact was to get, not on any kind of intrinsic utility.
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Re:Rai Stones by mywacaday on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:59PM (#22647893)
So not a million miles away from Gold then
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Re:Rai Stones by _bxg1 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:41PM (#22649314)
Gold has some intrinsic utility. Even before electronics, it was useful as a visible display of wealth and power, which did have very tangible value.
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Re:Rai Stones by jdc on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:37AM (#22653350)
And the whole malleability thing
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