Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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My patrons wanted me to talk about worldbuilding currency and that's what this video is about! Currency and all the things that come before.

Link to blog post with slides: COMING SOON

00:00 Intro
00:49 Gift Economies
03:56 Commodity Economies
05:29 Proto Monies
09:07 Unit of Account
10:12 Special Purpose Monies
12:25 State Backed Currency
17:25 Examples
18:10 Worldbuilding Currency
19:28 Examples

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