Comments on: Create your own currency http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/ Relentless user-focus on civic websites Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Mark http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-79314 Mark Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:25:25 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-79314 Do you mean me, Heartburn? Not sure I understand "not the first time at all that you mention the topic". I mention it again because I think it's very important, with the potential to transform how our societies work. When did I mention it before outside this thread? Mark . Do you mean me, Heartburn? Not sure I understand “not the first time at all that you mention the topic”.

I mention it again because I think it’s very important, with the potential to transform how our societies work.

When did I mention it before outside this thread?

Mark

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]]> By: Mark http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 Mark Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:24:43 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-1809 Thanks Julian - I must pop over and look at your site. My current thoughts are to combine it with concrete business activities (such as loyalty card for an existing range of businesses) rather than trying to launch it in the abstract. But yes, demurrage is excellent! Thanks Julian – I must pop over and look at your site.

My current thoughts are to combine it with concrete business activities (such as loyalty card for an existing range of businesses) rather than trying to launch it in the abstract.

But yes, demurrage is excellent!

]]> By: Julian Burgess http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Julian Burgess Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:21:03 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-1808 I think this idea would be worth looking in to further. I was interested a while ago in the idea of "stamp currencies" where by the value of your capital decreases at fixed rate over time, to encourage people to spend rather than horde money. I think this idea would be worth looking in to further. I was interested a while ago in the idea of “stamp currencies” where by the value of your capital decreases at fixed rate over time, to encourage people to spend rather than horde money.

]]> By: Jeff Mowatt http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-1666 Jeff Mowatt Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:34:27 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-1666 Hi, Just wondering if you guys knew about Chris Cook and his Open Capital site. http://www.opencapital.net/ There and on omidyar.net we've got a bit of a discussion going on about barter systems, asset based funding and guarantee societies. BTW Tried to open your website but not much luck, it seemed to take a long time trying to load, as does mine on a DNN platform. I guess it's the hosting provider. Regards, Jeff Hi,

Just wondering if you guys knew about Chris Cook and his Open Capital site. http://www.opencapital.net/

There and on omidyar.net we’ve got a bit of a discussion going on about barter systems, asset based funding and guarantee societies.

BTW Tried to open your website but not much luck, it seemed to take a long time trying to load, as does mine on a DNN platform. I guess it’s the hosting provider.

Regards,
Jeff

]]> By: mark griffith http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-653 mark griffith Tue, 09 May 2006 15:12:27 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-653 Thanks, Adrian! I agree - it's definitely horses for courses, as you say. We intend to build in sufficient flexibility to allow creation of a variety of systems. . Thanks, Adrian! I agree – it’s definitely horses for courses, as you say. We intend to build in sufficient flexibility to allow creation of a variety of systems.

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]]> By: Adrian http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Adrian Tue, 09 May 2006 15:01:01 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-651 Please see my general comments about community currency systems at: http://www.mysociety.org/?p=160#comment-642 Please see my general comments about community currency systems at:

http://www.mysociety.org/?p=160#comment-642

]]> By: Josef Davies-Coates http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Josef Davies-Coates Tue, 09 May 2006 00:56:21 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-638 Done properly, this would be a very useful and important tool. Sponsored by Open University, my friends over at esp http://blog.espnow.com and The Open Co-op http://open.coop are currently working on a Community Trading System for The Open Food Co-op that will also allow groups to create their own currencies. I'm sure they would be very interested in getting involved and helping out with this initiative too, assuming the proposal is successful. Check out their development blog at http://opencoop.dyndns.org/devblog/ and have a peek at the prototype system over at http://baldrick.open.ac.uk/cts/proto3/contents The current system is built on zope, but they plan to one day port it over to their own protoplex platform (that powers http://green.tv amongst other sites) Done properly, this would be a very useful and important tool.

Sponsored by Open University, my friends over at esp http://blog.espnow.com and The Open Co-op http://open.coop are currently working on a Community Trading System for The Open Food Co-op that will also allow groups to create their own currencies.

I’m sure they would be very interested in getting involved and helping out with this initiative too, assuming the proposal is successful.

Check out their development blog at http://opencoop.dyndns.org/devblog/ and have a peek at the prototype system over at http://baldrick.open.ac.uk/cts/proto3/contents

The current system is built on zope, but they plan to one day port it over to their own protoplex platform (that powers http://green.tv amongst other sites)

]]> By: Ashley http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Ashley Wed, 03 May 2006 09:31:00 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-629 It's certainly an interesting proposal- has got me thinking! It’s certainly an interesting proposal- has got me thinking!

]]> By: ian http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/24/create-your-own-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-628 ian Mon, 01 May 2006 18:29:56 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=192#comment-628 this is the one. this is the one.

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