Representative Money

What are the specific qualities that make something good money? In this article, Marquez Comelab goes through a brief history of how money evolved from 11,000 years ago until today to determine if a new, modern-age currency like Bitcoin is a good form of money and improves the current monetary system.

Knowing a little about the history of money is important in understanding the significance of a breakthrough like Bitcoin. In his previous article, Marquez Comelab wrote about the early forms of money like cows, rice, and shells, among many others, to the more durable and portable gold and silver coins. In this article, Marquez takes you through a condensed history of how paper money invented in China over a thousand years ago, combined with the development and use of banking, accelerated the evolution of the monetary and financial system we have today.