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Grundy1133 wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

Ruark wrote:Wow. It's hard to believe we might get to a point where you couldn't have some cash under the mattress - when there's really no such thing as "money" any more, it's just bits and bytes stored on a computer chip somewhere.

There really hasn't been "money" for quite a while. Just pieces of paper (actually cotton) with some writing and a signature. Pieces of paper versus bits and bytes? Not much difference there.

As far as barter, the key would be bringing it back to something that holds intrinsic value, yet can be subdivided into very small value things, too facilitate precise pricing and lower value transactions. Ammo comes to mind. A centerfire rifle cartridge in say 30.06 would have a higher value than a generic .22 LR round. A collection of ammo could serve as a useful medium of exchange, IMHO. Or we could go old school and use nails.

I like the ammo barter system. I think the video game is Metro..? but in the game they use ammo as currency. its pretty cool. it makes you wanna conserve ammo since you can use it to upgrade weapons.