How an ancient stone money system works like cryptocurrency

Archaeologists see similarities between giant coins carved from stone and cryptocurrencies

rai money display

BEEN THERE DONE THAT Yap islanders in Micronesia sailed to nearby islands for limestone to carve into huge disks used as money called rai. 

S. Fitzpatrick

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