Throughout history, money has done more than store value, it has shaped how free we are.

Every shift in the way we trade has also been a shift in who controls our lives and how we live our lives

When trade was simple

In the earliest days, trade was simple: I have what you need, you have what I need.

Barter worked, but only when coincidence allowed it. If no one wanted your goats for their grain, you were stuck. Freedom existed, but it was fragile, limited by proximity and circumstance.

It was a time when value was personal and immediate, something you could touch, trade, and trust. Yet freedom then was small, bound by what you could carry and who you could meet.

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