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Jonathan McHugh indieterminacy at libre.brussels
Sat Jun 26 16:57:09 BST 2021
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Dear Charlie,
Its always a pleasure to hear about creative uses of value.
Of course, there are many examples of local scarcities producingeconomic value and advantage=
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple```Biological pigments were often difficult to acquire, and the details of their production were kept secret by the manufacturers. Tyrian purple is a pigment made from the mucus of several species of Murex snail. Production of Tyrian purple for use as a fabric dye began as early as 1200 BCE by the Phoenicians, and was continued by the Greeks and Romans until 1453 CE, with the fall of Constantinople The pigment was expensive and complex to produce, and items colored with it became associated with power and wealth
Tyrian purple may first have been used by the ancient Phoenicians as early as 1570 BCE It has been suggested that the name Phoenicia itself means 'land of purple' The dye was greatly prized in antiquity because the colour did not easily fade, but instead became brighter with weathering and sunlight It came in various shades, the most prized being that of black-tinted clotted blood ```
And then there is the Norman technique:=
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_stick#Split_tally```The most prominent and best recorded use of the split tally stick or "nick-stick"[6][7] being used as a form of currency[8] was when Henry I introduced the tally stick system in medieval England in around 1100. He would accept the tally stick only for taxes, and it was a tool of the Exchequer for the collection of taxes by local sheriffs (tax farmers "farming the shire")[citation needed] for seven centuries.
The system of tally marks of the Exchequer is described in The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer as follows:
The manner of cutting is as follows. At the top of the tally a cut is made, the thickness of the palm of the hand, to represent a thousand pounds; then a hundred pounds by a cut the breadth of a thumb; twenty pounds, the breadth of the little finger; a single pound, the width of a swollen barleycorn; a shilling rather narrower; then a penny is marked by a single cut without removing any wood.```
Full name: Andrew Albert Christian Edward
Full title: His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Canadian Forces Decoration, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty.```
Here is the LP sleeve featuring an unfortunate application of purple:=
https://img.discogs.com/ySEwys4w4dhLw5IMHmVcBYvmNG4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3740863-1427878432-9699.jpeg.jpg
And the setlist:=
https://www.discogs.com/Unknown-Artist-Royal-Wedding-HRH-The-Prince-Andrew-Miss-Sarah-Ferguson/release/3740863
(FYI, his full title is nearly as long as the number of tracks)
Set a base price and build an exchange rate determined by logisticscosts for said item?
I could imagine Prince Andrew saying:
Tally Ho!
With apologies to Miss Sarah Ferguson....=
https://img.fantasticfiction.com/images/h1/h8299.jpg
charliebrownau <charliebrownau at protonmailcom> writes:
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Funding :-
Problem with "mainstream" and "ALT tech"
they both rely on the International Central banking cartel
with payment processors , paypal, tspring,etc
Also with Goverment demanded handouts an USD$20 shirt
often ends up AUD$35/NZ$35/CA$35
(Remember its not theif when the goverment calls it 'taxation' / gst+vat / income 'tax' /etc)
Maybe help fund Master Server Hubs, District/national servers or
invidual popular servers hosting various users that goes towards
VPS/cohost/server costs directly
Instead of going via some huge payment process or banking cartel system
I would avoid Cypto all together
The only currency I trust is anonymous phsyical cash (coins/notes)
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Side note if anyone is interested in alt currency check out
- Community Currency
- Local Currency
- Agorism + Counter Economics
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Regards
Charliebrownau
Charliebrownau at protonmailcom
-- Jonathan McHughindieterminacy at librebrussels