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🪨 On the island of Yap, money was made of stone. Massive limestone disks, too large to move, changed owners not by transaction — but by public consensus. The stone stayed in place. But everyone remembered who it belonged to. Money was social memory. https://t.co/pXASXBb0Hh
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🪨 On the island of Yap, money was made of stone. Massive limestone disks, too large to move, changed owners not by transaction — but by public consensus. The stone stayed in place. But everyone remembered who it belonged to. Money was social memory. https://t.co/pXASXBb0Hh
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4/10/25, 10:46 AM
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𝕿𝐡𝐞 𝕮𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐤 [@GhostOfPashka]. (2025, April 10). 🪨 On the island of Yap, money was made of stone. Massive limestone disks, too large to move, changed owners not by transaction — but by public consensus. The stone stayed in place. But everyone remembered who it belonged to. Money was social memory. https://t.co/pXASXBb0Hh [Tweet]. Twitter. https://x.com/GhostOfPashka/status/1910283359009251501
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