"Thank you @rieki for such a beautiful explanation!"

And thank you :)

As it turns out, I actually completely agree with everything you said! The fault in on me for not distinguishing the difference between 'the spirit of the gift' and 'gift economy'.

What you describe is my feelings towards the spirit of gift giving and chose to operate as such.

"Same applies when the gift is over-valued. And in most cases, if not all, gifts are either under-valued or over-valued."

This is why I don't actually advocate for a full gift economy and advocate for gifts to coincide with a new monetary system which I addressed with Our NeighbouGood Coin!

"My experience so far has been that intangible exchanges creates a stronger bonding than tangible exchanges"

Wholeheartedly agree!

What you speak of is the contradiction between an effective gift economy and the spirit of the gift. Which is why I believe there are no successful gift economies operating today. Also, which is why I don't advocate for large (or even medium) sized gift economies...

Thank you for your beautiful thoughts, and thank you for helping clarify my thoughts on the matter too and help to create a better distinction between the spirit of the gift and a gift economy. :)