Beyond the Benjamins

I wonder, is anyone planning to record this event? It's stuff like this that I personally feel should be made available for free after the for-fee event has passed. If this even were taking place in my town of BumbleCock, IL then I'd happily shell out $20 to sit there and listen and engage dialogue. But, for me and so many thousands out there, just aint gonna happen.

I'd really like to hear this talk as well. Hopefully someone puts it up...

http://metacurrency.org/

 

Welcome to the Metacurrency Project We are building platforms and protocols necessary for an open source economy. This requires new technology capacities which need to function in a non-monopolizable manner. * Open Identity: Create, manage and own your identity in a trustworthy manner, independent of any central authority. * Open Rules: Know the rules of any currency you participate in and see when they change. * Open Transport: A protocol to enable a participant to transact with any other participant and a currency to interact with any other currency. * Open Data: The ability to share, decentralize and distribute data (like your account balance) and ensure its integrity and privacy… also, to allow you to be a reliable authority of your own data. (You can represent your own accounts, and I can validate your data.) Our design document provides a technical introduction to the Metacurrency platform.

 

http://wikiwikimoney.com/

 

What is WikiWikiMoney? WikiWikiMoney is a subsidiary of Twollars. It started as a small experiment but we quickly realized it needed its own home on the web. What you see is the first move of the system. There is a lot more to come so please bear with us and enjoy experimenting with your own currency on Twitter. Do you have a group of friends or neighbours that could benefit from tracking favors? Are you a business who wants to attract twitter-savvy customers? WikiWikiMoney may be right for you. But how does it work? Thank-you money: Let’s say you and some friends want to use your own unique thank you money. Simply define a “WikiWikiMoney tag,” choose "regular" as the currency type, decide on a starting balance, and you are ready to tweet. Your Custom WikiWikiMoney balance will be unique for each “Custom WikiWikiMoney tag.” Mutual-Credit: Let’s say you and a group of fellow parents want to save money on babysitters by exchanging hours of childcare with each other. Just define a “WikiWikiMoney tag,” and choose “mutual-credit” as the currency type. By choosing “mutual-credit,” you can see who has contributed more than they’ve received (positive balance), and who has received more than they’ve contributed (negative balance). Since you know who has contributed what, you all feel more comfortable and appreciated. Coupons: Let’s say you have a business and you are looking for a fun, low-cost way to bring in new customers. By defining a “WikiWikiMoney tag,” you can issue coupons to anyone who uses Twitter. Just choose “regular” as the currency type and set the amount you are willing to accept as the starting balance. You can set any acceptance policy you want; just make sure and tell folks what it is in the description. Then when people come to your store, they can tweet you the coupons directly from their phone or a pc you've setup!

 

 

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