Thanks for your great compliment, @denmarkguy! I feel very honored :-)

I am reminded of some of my childhood in Kenya where (in the late 1960's) quite a few of the local people still used "Cowries" (small seashells) as money...

Nice insight. Actually there is nothing wrong with seashells. In the future they might be called "SeaTokens" but the concept would still be the same. Plus: these local people you are talking about might be more trustworthy than any other banker...:-)

They had a trust based system of trade they had more faith in than Kenyan Shilling.

This!

The feature in the Wired Magazine is oustanding! News like these are fuel to steemit's wings. We definitely need more of that!

Again thanks for your valuable thoughts, as you know I always appreciate your comments a LOT!