Sound Money

    What makes money sound?

    Sound money holds its meaning & trust over time. A day of your work should buy roughly the same thing next year as it does today. Here's what that takes, and how gēēks try to get there by anchoring to human time & labour instead of debt & capital, resources.

    Store

    of value

    Holds its meaning across years

    Unit

    of account

    A stable ruler for prices

    Medium

    of exchange

    Easy to hand over and accept

    Trust

    in the issuer

    Rules that can't be quietly changed

    The classic properties

    Economists usually list the same handful of traits:

    • Durable: it doesn't rot, rust or fade.
    • Portable: easy to carry or send.
    • Divisible: you can pay for a minute, not just a day.
    • Fungible: one unit is as good as any other.
    • Verifiable: hard to counterfeit, easy to check.
    • Limited: nobody can create it at will.

    Why most money today isn't "sound"

    Modern currencies are created mostly as loans, so the supply grows whenever debt grows. Every new dollar dilutes the old ones a little. The result is a slow, steady loss of purchasing power that savers notice and borrowers love. See Economy for how that machine works.

    Anchored to time, not scarcity

    Gēēks don't try to be digital gold. They are priced in the one thing everyone gets the same amount of each day: time. One dē is a day of work (24 hours × $25/hr = $600), and 10,000 gēēks make one dē. See Time for the math.

    Every verified human gets 365 dē a year. A dē doesn't appreciate and isn't an investment. It's a stable unit for promising time to each other.