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Re:Proof-of-stake is inherently self-referential by delaaxe on Friday May 21, 2021 @01:56PM (#27237524)
There isn't much evidence that bartering ever was the way people did business.

Lots of evidence for lending & borrowing though (debt).

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Re:Proof-of-stake is inherently self-referential by endisneigh on Friday May 21, 2021 @02:00PM (#27237569)
indeed - bartering really isn't a sustainable thing, and like you mentioned debt ended up being heavily used to facilitate exchanges. said debt in many cases ended up being centrally facilitated. the rest of history.
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