Revisiting the story of Yap and Rai stone money yields surprising new insights about bitcoin today.
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In this visit to one of the earliest pre-bitcoin examples of a very bitcoin-like technology, correspondent George Frankly learns some valuable lessons about where convenience, belief and control collide.
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