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### The history of money
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/money/11174013/The-history-of-money-from-barter-to-bitcoin.html


#### Defining money
https://kalyan-city.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-is-money-meaning-definition.html

Before getting into the nitty-gritty of cryptocurrencies, you need to understand the definition of money itself. The philosophy behind money is a bit like the chicken or the egg argument. In order for money to be valuable, it must have a number of characteristics, such as the following:

 illustration cowries gold fiat crypto.

Money is an abstract concept that can be represented by anything that is generally acceptable as "value". In the past, people had no money, and they relied on the trade-by-barter system. It was hard to keep up with this system of trade because sometimes, people didn't have what others wanted. Soon, they decided to bring in somethign else. A neutral item to represent

## Problwms with the current monetary system.
The current monetary system results in a wide array of negative social, environmental and economic consequences: high house prices, high public and private debts, inequality, the environment, and democracy, periodic booms & busts, and occasionally financial crises, depressions and even debt deflations, as well as serious consequences for growth, unemployment, investment.

They include: https://positivemoney.org/issues/
https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/What%27s_Wrong_with_the_Current_Monetary_System
1. the debt trap: https://positivemoney.org/issues/debt/
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3. Oversupply and Pro-cyclical, unstable Market.

### Defining crypto
https://www.dummies.com/personal-finance/what-is-cryptocurrency/