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A tier list ranking forms of money on a black grid. S tier holds a Bitcoin coin. A tier holds a sparkling gold bar. B tier holds silver bars and purple gemstones. C tier holds a digital writing tablet and a paper banknote. D tier holds seashells and a stack of Rai stones. F tier holds a human brain.

Money Tier List

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The only tier list in history revised by a nine-page PDF.

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Appears in On the Separation of Money and State

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Every medium of exchange humans have tried, ranked on scarcity, durability, portability, divisibility, salability and fungibility - plus the attribute nobody could see until the telegraph arrived, speed of settlement.

S — Bitcoin.

A — Gold.

B — Silver. Gemstones.

C — Digital ledger entries. Paper banknotes.

D — Seashells. Rai stones.

F — Memory.