The classical view is that money solved the double coincidence of wants, which was the major issue of barter: for one person to "buy" something they wanted, they had to be in possession of a specific good the seller wanted.

Precious metals were very well suited to solve this problem before electronic communication, when buyer and seller were in the same place.

What Bitcoin solves is the new issue of buyers and sellers separated by vast distances, where physical money can't be directly transferred from buyer to seller.

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It is important to understand that the ancient Greeks made the leap from myth to logos where they had previously invented coinage. In Ionia we saw Homer bringing on the epos, science and philosophy flourishing for changing the ditection of zivilization. 

Monetary evolution is about channeling energy and division of labor, which opens space and time for the far-reaching steps of humanity. Are we seeing a similar evolutionary step with Bitcoin as monetary pure energy forming right in front of our eyes? If so, prepare for shockwaves of change....