I think about the “Christian Sparta” often. But yeah some good source material and lessons/thoughts to be pulled from this. I had forgotten about the Pine Tree Shilling as well.
"What they were pioneering was a faith-based currency, one whose trust laid not primarily in its exact weight in sought-after metals but rather in the community’s unity and reliability. In the words of Christopher Sandbatch, “Its pretty much responsible for turning Boston into a successful colony”. What Boston had done with a small minting operation was both succeed and declare de facto independence in a way that could not be realized for over 100 years, yet vouchsafed the birth of a fourth great maritime republic."
This is really interesting. I'm not much of a crypto fanatic but the parallels do stand out.
I think about the “Christian Sparta” often. But yeah some good source material and lessons/thoughts to be pulled from this. I had forgotten about the Pine Tree Shilling as well.
"What they were pioneering was a faith-based currency, one whose trust laid not primarily in its exact weight in sought-after metals but rather in the community’s unity and reliability. In the words of Christopher Sandbatch, “Its pretty much responsible for turning Boston into a successful colony”. What Boston had done with a small minting operation was both succeed and declare de facto independence in a way that could not be realized for over 100 years, yet vouchsafed the birth of a fourth great maritime republic."
This is really interesting. I'm not much of a crypto fanatic but the parallels do stand out.