Recently, a team of crypto-enthusiasts traveled to Yap and met with the secretary of its Lieutenant Governor, James Yangetmai. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce a hybrid currency - Raithereum - consisted of combining the market cap of rai stones with Ethereum to be utilized in commerce chiefly by tourists in all B&M establishments scattered throughout the islands.
Brief info on rai stones:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stonesRai, or stone money (Yapese: raay), are large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite crystals. Rai stones were quarried on several of the Micronesian islands, mainly Palau,[4] but briefly on Guam as well, and transported for use as money to the island of Yap. They have been used in trade by the Yapese as a form of currency. The monetary system of Yap relies on an oral history of ownership. Because these stones are too large to move, buying an item with one simply involves agreeing that the ownership has changed. As long as the transaction is recorded in the oral history, it will now be owned by the person it is passed on to and no physical movement of the stone is required.
The meeting proved fruitful, with the Yap officials desiring to learn more and, moveover, see the proof of concept as a working currency prior to fully implementing the coinage in Yap.
This endeavor will be the first time in history where an oral history of a money supply will forever be embedded on a blockchain, further demonstrating the power of Ethereum.
The tentative ticker symbol will be RAI (no affiliation to
RaiBlocks).
Thoughts?
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We're curious as to how many of those in this community would support our ICO in raising $30M. RAI would be heavily discounted during the ICO, thus allowing early investors to quickly earn an ROI.
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The goal of Raithereum is to achieve a market cap of no less than one billion[US] dollars within two years once RAI is trading on the crypto exchanges.
What will one be able to purchase on Yap with RAI? You guessed it -
http://www.micronesiaforum.org/index.php?p=/discussion/15151/yap-s-bodacious-breadfruit-pizza.
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We had an Angel Investor contact us expressing an interest in providing some VC. Their terms were not that desirable so we passed, thanking them for the kind offer.
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