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TECH BRIDGING FINANCE
he evolution of money since the days B.C has been revolutionary in each century. We’re all familiar with the system of trading and bartering, which was common place for millennia. Around 5000 B.C. commodities included; salt, cattle or grain; as early as 2000 B.C. we see evidence of the spice route and the silk route later in 130 B.C. where spice and silk were the currency of the day. In the times of Abraham, he was noted to be an excellent water merchant and in later years
we see the introduction of gold and silver become common place with Mesopotamia minting some of the first coins around 650 B.C. Throughout different regions and different eras people agreed and made common place as a means of trade what was rare or valuable. In the financial system as we now know it, currencies were initially backed by the gold standard before the quick jumps from actual gold and silver coins to paper currency, bank cards, smart pay and now
cryptocurrencies. As technology has developed, so has our ability to trade and the various forms in which we can trade. Once one had a note that was written and guaranteed with the seal of a regent or noble person which could be taken with to trade in far off places at popular markets between cosmopolitan cities. Now, at a click of a button you can trade on any global market (stock exchange) or shop any product with any retailer anywhere in the
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