I would contend that within a decade, many of us will routinely deal in digital currencies, given the strength and intensity of the economic forces unleashed by digital technologies.
Money, a medium of exchange, was a necessity-driven human invention long before the advent of written history. Imagine how inconvenient it would have been if you still had to barter for my horse with your grains.
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