Talk:Alternative currency

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Edited this some. Technically, most alternative currency systems are not strictly independent from a national currency--and many are strongly dependent on them. Also, not all alternative currencies are "designed"; they can also arise "naturally" under harsh economic conditions. I plan to greatly expand this article, with reference, soon. Plan to add headings on "features" of alternative currency systems, reasons for using them, categorizing them, history, etc. Cazort 18:19, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Cryptocurrencies

This page should include cryptocurrencies as a class of alternative currency, rather than have multiple individual flavors of cryptocurrencies to be listed among the main list of Alternative Currencies. The several hundred cryptocurrencies (by which we mean distributed cryptographic messaging systems which use some form of blockchain based ledger for accounting) now extant, along with the tens of thousands likely to be created in the future, as well as the fact that their underlying principles of operation are nearly identical apart from tweaks to their incentivization structures, means that listing them individually here diminishes the diversity exhibited among other alternate currency systems already listed, as well as the distinctiveness of cryptocurrency itself as an entire class of alternate currency. It also doesn't help that all of these alternate cryptocurrencies have been or are presently the subjects of aggressive promotion by their respective developers and speculators in order to create favorable trading opportunities for themselves; a force this Wikipedia page should resist through consistent application of relevant guidelines (WP:NOTABILITY and WP:PROMOTION come to mind) lest it become flooded with dozens or hundreds of them over time.

E-cash and airmiles

e-cash and airmiles are also alternative currencies, and were previously used in supermarkets to pay with —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.246.146.11 (talk) 14:16, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

List of alternative currencies and Sartex

The list of alternative currencies maybe improve by sort by type (crypto, local etc) as a section then alphabetically the specific (bitcoin, totnes pound etc) currency? BTW Sartex was added with a link to a page in Italian - looks like a Commercial credit circuit?Jonpatterns (talk) 10:40, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

No mention of alternative currency

This reference is used to make statements about 'alternative currencies', but it does not use that term, instead it talks about barter.Jonpatterns (talk) 12:25, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Cryptocurrency task force Invite

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Gun ammunition

• I read that on the old west of the USA, there were plenty of silver dollars around, but a shortage of small change, so cartridges for the Colt Single Action Army revolver were often used as small change. I have heard of AK47s and their ammunition being used as money. Which gives the expression "paying with the bullet" another meaning. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:19, 28 August 2017 (UTC)