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<aside> 🦚 This chapter will touch on the history and most important aspects of money and credit, and will explain how both topics are intertwined social constructs that are deeply rooted in the value system of our economic networks – the tribes, villages, nation states, or digital tribes we are a part of. With the emergence of blockchain networks as the backbone of Web3, money and other tokenized assets including tokenized credit and lending services have now become a native feature of the Internet. A good understanding of what constitutes money and credit is, therefore, a prerequisite for being able to assess and co-create this emerging token economy. [1]

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Intro

Separation of Money and State

History of Money & Types of Currencies

Properties of Money

Fractional-Reserve Banking: Money as Debt

Redefining the Concept of Money & Value Creation

Chapter Summary

Footnotes

References & Further Reading

1.3 Stable Tokens: Money with a Stable Value

<aside> 📖 This is an excerpt from the book “Token Economy: Money, NFTs & DeFi”

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BibTeX @book{title={Token Economy: Money, NFTs & DeFi}, author={Voshmgir, Shermin}, year={2023}, publisher={Token Kitchen} }

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