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al-caveman

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  figure 1.  proof-of-stack blockchain, with active stakers marked as 's'.
             previous stakers have cashed out.

al-caveman

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  figure 1.  proof-of-work blockchain, with computational work marked as
             'c'.




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al-caveman

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09:29 >>> cvmn (~caveman@gateway/tor-sasl/caveman) has joined ##economics
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09:36 <cvmn> yesterday some people here said things about 'zakat' not being applicable with modern-day 'money'.  someone said that because money today is not wealth (i.e. money now is like oil lubing an engine not a commodity itself like gold), therefore zakat is not useful any more.
09:36 <cvmn> however, i still don't get this.  e.g. so what if it is not a commodity?  wouldn't it still be helpful to avoid having non-circulating 'o