Topic: 1795 Time Capsule Contained Alternative Currency To Combat British Rule (Read 540 times)
January 09, 2015, 01:39:00 PM
Time capsules will not be needed with blockchain/maidsafe technologies. In the future everything will be stored there
January 09, 2015, 12:27:22 PM
That's cool. Was each coin recorded in Ye-old chain of blocks?
January 09, 2015, 12:18:00 PM
Holy crap, talk about thinking ahead, the buried documents and everything.
January 09, 2015, 11:59:21 AM
What I got from that also is. "Paper wallets should be good for centuries, properly stored" but "Etching a plate of silver was a good backup plan too"
January 09, 2015, 11:40:10 AM
The time capsule recently opened in Boston:
"One of the coins in the box, a Pine Tree Shilling, was minted in 1652 for the use of Massachusetts’ colonists, without the knowledge of the British monarchy."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/01/06/history_of_time_capsules_boston_statehouse_time_capsule_opening.html
What seems new is really old- because it worked the first time.
"One of the coins in the box, a Pine Tree Shilling, was minted in 1652 for the use of Massachusetts’ colonists, without the knowledge of the British monarchy."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/01/06/history_of_time_capsules_boston_statehouse_time_capsule_opening.html
What seems new is really old- because it worked the first time.
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