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An '''Alternative Currency''', generally speaking, is a money circulating without official recognition or enforcement by a State, in contrast to Legal Tender which does. Users of an Alternative Currency might prefer accepting it not only for economic advantages (such as speculation in precious metals) or privacy advantages (such as the digital currency Bitcoin) but also for its political protest impact on the | An '''Alternative Currency''', generally speaking, is a money circulating without official recognition or enforcement by a State, in contrast to [[Legal Tender]] which does. Users of an Alternative Currency might prefer accepting it not only for economic advantages (such as speculation in precious metals) or privacy advantages (such as the digital currency Bitcoin) but also for its political protest impact on the Legal Tender monopoly of the official State currency. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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*[[Bitcoin]] | *[[Bitcoin]] | ||
*[[Gold]] | *[[Gold]] | ||
*[[Goldmoney]] | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Pecunix|Pecunix]] | |||
*[[Shire Silver]] | |||
*[[Silver]] | *[[Silver]] | ||
*[[Silver Dime Card]] | *[[Silver Dime Card]] | ||
==Links== | |||
* [http://lfb.org/today/currencies-of-the-future/ Currencies of the Future] by Douglas French, November 2012 | |||
* [https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/virtualcurrencyschemes201210en.pdf Virtual currency schemes] (pdf), ''European Central Bank'', October 2012 | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:27, 14 December 2012
An Alternative Currency, generally speaking, is a money circulating without official recognition or enforcement by a State, in contrast to Legal Tender which does. Users of an Alternative Currency might prefer accepting it not only for economic advantages (such as speculation in precious metals) or privacy advantages (such as the digital currency Bitcoin) but also for its political protest impact on the Legal Tender monopoly of the official State currency.
See Also
Links
- Currencies of the Future by Douglas French, November 2012
- Virtual currency schemes (pdf), European Central Bank, October 2012
- Alternative Currency at Wikipedia