On 12/14/2017 05:58 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:
>
> You're a BlogNomic player, aren't you? That would explain it. I
> remembered reading your username somewhere, and I thought it was the
> Agoran mailing list archives.
>
Yup! That must be it.
>
> They are the current unofficial curreny system. We have an actual
> economy, based around a currency called shinies, but it's pretty
> broken right now (constantly running out of supply to pay people, no
> one has a reason to spend which leads to hoarding, etc.). A major
> economic reform proposal is in development, but it's taking a while to
> work out the details. Bills are a replacement currency, operating on a
> shiny standard (you know, like the gold standard) that had been
> defined by contract. If you go to the a-o (Agora-official, aka. OFF)
> archives, and look at the most recent Notary's weekly report, there's
> a contract called The Agoran Credit Union. It contains further
> details.
>
> -Aris
>
I see now. This is what I get for not back-reading enough OFF: a very
helpful explanation.
