- From: Andrew Durham <yodrew@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:48:54 +0800
- To: public-webpayments@w3.org
Hi, Everybody, Here are some resources for alternative currency design. Thomas Greco, master monetary theorist and practitioner, wrote _The End of Money and the Future of Civilization_. He calls for a <a href="http://beyondmoney.net/excerpts/chapter-17-complete-web-based-trading-platform/">web-based credit clearing system with four essential attributes.</a> I hope Greco's design criteria can also influence this project's development. I just finished a maniacal three-week web search for such systems. My short list follows. (This is adapted from my blog post, <a href="http://andrewdurham.com/2012/02/money-without-debt/">money without debt</a>. I'm hoping there's at least one or two here you don't already know about :) ) --- <a href="http://www.ces.org.za/">Community Exchange System</a>. CES is international, free, simple, compatible with paper systems, deceptively lo-fi and super cool. Very close to what the aforementioned godfather of new money calls for Other worthy systems: <a href="http://payswarm.com/">payswarm.com</a> web standards-based, frictionless, wildly adaptable <a href="http://picomoney.com/">picomoney.com</a> clever, based on <a href="http://opentransact.org">opentransact.org</a> which is similar to payswarm <a href="http://cyclos.org/">cyclos.org</a> open source software to run your own bank, complete with free hosting; soul boggling! <a href="http://ripplepay.com/">ripplepay.com</a> solves LETS accountability concerns, unfortunately asocial <a href="http://e-flux.com/timebank">e-flux.com/timebank</a> hip and simple <a href="http://friendlyfavors.org/">friendlyfavors.org</a> 2nd largest after CES, most social, clever, and a bit complicated <a href="http://johnturmel.com/uniset.htm">johnturmel.com/uniset.htm</a> very simple, start alone now <a href="http://www.personocratia.com/en/documents/game-full-document.pdf">JEU/GAME</a> not web but paper-based, very elegant, semi-private, decentralized accounting, compatible with CES, best for when the lights go out. CES is the most accessible, practical, and mature. Others, like payswarm and opentransact, have much greater potential. Open source money has finally gotten legs, wings... and teeth. --- I hope some of the features of these systems can influence this project's development. Andrew -- independent researcher in philosophy, health, & design the darkness conjecture — http://andrewdurham.com 541.210.8470 vm
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