Wouter Tebbens started the topic From BitCoin, ripple, FreiCoin to...
here's some overview I published: http://commonsandeconomics.org/2013/05/15/from-bitcoin-ripple-and-freicoin-to-a-commons-powering-complementary-currency/
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Since Gwen mentioned the Global Ecovillage Network, I thought I would point out that I'm going to their summer conference in July to give a workshop and lead a discussion on the possible benefits of a...
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I'm bothered by Michel's suggestion that we need a global commons currency. I chased him up on it and he said it might be managed by foundations and trusts, rather than the Rich. The currency would...
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I will be attending the WANA Forum in Jordan ( West Asia North Africa)in a few days and they are discussing establishing the tradition of the zakat ,the Muslim tradition of taking care of others and...
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Hi! Wouter, thank you still for the document you sent us containing our discussion from Berlin! I tend to agree with Matthew, that it feels a network of complementary currencies which can...
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Hi all, regarding Matthew's concern for global vs local currencies some throughts come to my mind. How could we establish interoperability between local currency networks as to facilitate global...
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BTW As Ruby let me know the notification function of this platform doesn't seem to work (any more). I have all notification settings set to yes and don't receive any emails when new posts are posted...
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Franco just enabled notification settings for new posts in group discussions. So you should - if you didn't change your notification settings - receive an email notification for this new post. Please...
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Regarding the question of needing a global currency or a network of local currencies, I like the challenge presented in Lietaer's quote in Money and Sustainability "Due to our monetary 'blind spot',...
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