I figure that in the beginnings of Fenspace, there's very little use for money. I mean in the very beginning, when people are zipping around all-whiz bang in their waved cars.
Then, as people start to settle down a bit, there's a trade relationship developing between the Earth and Fens. The Near Earth Fens and their stationary positions are used as go-betweens between further-out Fens and the Earth economy. I imagine a rather loose barter system such as raw materials for non-waved manufactured goods as the demand for quirk-free goods rises as the novelty of waved goods wanes.
The currency of choice by this time is probably going to be the Australian Dollar, as it's the strongest and most stable currency available to Fens in space. Transactions will probably be entirely electronic.
Then, as things get more settled, and Fens begin to coalesce into their own polities and set up their own infrastructure, they will start making their own currency--again, electronic.
I imagine a vast network of FTL comms that will keep this currency market in place.
Will this be hack-proof? Of course not, but then as mentioned before there'll probably never be a completely hack or counterfeit proof currency.
Depending on which are the first cities/polities in space are, particularly those with a big enough and stable enough population, these will be the first entirely Fen-based currencies. Something like, I dunno, the Crystal Tokyo Yen or the New Republic Credit or something.
It's a bit earlier, possibly during the stage of the barter for australian dollar point, that I see the First Bank of Sol as growing into a trusted middle-man and then into their own financial power.
After this stage . . .hell, maybe transform into the Culture post-scarcity communo-anarchism or Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom's Whuffie.
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong
-murmur
Then, as people start to settle down a bit, there's a trade relationship developing between the Earth and Fens. The Near Earth Fens and their stationary positions are used as go-betweens between further-out Fens and the Earth economy. I imagine a rather loose barter system such as raw materials for non-waved manufactured goods as the demand for quirk-free goods rises as the novelty of waved goods wanes.
The currency of choice by this time is probably going to be the Australian Dollar, as it's the strongest and most stable currency available to Fens in space. Transactions will probably be entirely electronic.
Then, as things get more settled, and Fens begin to coalesce into their own polities and set up their own infrastructure, they will start making their own currency--again, electronic.
I imagine a vast network of FTL comms that will keep this currency market in place.
Will this be hack-proof? Of course not, but then as mentioned before there'll probably never be a completely hack or counterfeit proof currency.
Depending on which are the first cities/polities in space are, particularly those with a big enough and stable enough population, these will be the first entirely Fen-based currencies. Something like, I dunno, the Crystal Tokyo Yen or the New Republic Credit or something.
It's a bit earlier, possibly during the stage of the barter for australian dollar point, that I see the First Bank of Sol as growing into a trusted middle-man and then into their own financial power.
After this stage . . .hell, maybe transform into the Culture post-scarcity communo-anarchism or Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom's Whuffie.
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong
-murmur