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Some games are still played because of their deceptive simplicity. The prize remains even if the players change. The outcomes are never certain, whether it was the first round at first light or the last round before the lights go out. Newcomers to the game can still defeat old masters. Luna, South Aitken Basin, On a train en route to Shackleton Crater, Hyperion “Shisima,” said the Captain. “Excuse me?” Tomassina looked up from her equipment check. The Captain thought about one of his moments ...

2062, Ch. 14.2: Landfall, Part 2
2062 Arcadia Planitia, Mars XIRANG ONE - CHINESE SETTLEMENT - ARCADIA PLANITIAThe bluish sunset marked the end of a long bad day. When night came, the work inside continued. There were injured people and damaged systems to tend to. A fitful sleep for most.Settlements everywhere, from the largest installations to remote outposts, wanted to make it through the night. It was one Martian day at a time. 1 SOL (EARTH CLOCK 24HR:37MIN:22SEC).Hayley rubbed aches, sipped her water to stretch out her b...

HRVST, Ch.16: The Answers To Changes of Fortune Do Not Exist, They Are Created
1970 Earth To MoonThe mission's call sign was chosen for its message, "a long voyage with many changes of fortune". Odyssey. Third to the Moon , second for precision landing, first disaster in space.It began with one engine failure but the other engines carried the load. After that, everything went as planned. 56 hours into the flight, 210,000 miles away from Earth, about two-thirds of the way to the Moon, everything changed. When a pressure sensor reading was off, Mission Control reques...
Writer: future, fiction, finance, based on history, mythology, and technology



HRVST Ch. 22: Ancient Games With New Players Remain The Same
Some games are still played because of their deceptive simplicity. The prize remains even if the players change. The outcomes are never certain, whether it was the first round at first light or the last round before the lights go out. Newcomers to the game can still defeat old masters. Luna, South Aitken Basin, On a train en route to Shackleton Crater, Hyperion “Shisima,” said the Captain. “Excuse me?” Tomassina looked up from her equipment check. The Captain thought about one of his moments ...

2062, Ch. 14.2: Landfall, Part 2
2062 Arcadia Planitia, Mars XIRANG ONE - CHINESE SETTLEMENT - ARCADIA PLANITIAThe bluish sunset marked the end of a long bad day. When night came, the work inside continued. There were injured people and damaged systems to tend to. A fitful sleep for most.Settlements everywhere, from the largest installations to remote outposts, wanted to make it through the night. It was one Martian day at a time. 1 SOL (EARTH CLOCK 24HR:37MIN:22SEC).Hayley rubbed aches, sipped her water to stretch out her b...

HRVST, Ch.16: The Answers To Changes of Fortune Do Not Exist, They Are Created
1970 Earth To MoonThe mission's call sign was chosen for its message, "a long voyage with many changes of fortune". Odyssey. Third to the Moon , second for precision landing, first disaster in space.It began with one engine failure but the other engines carried the load. After that, everything went as planned. 56 hours into the flight, 210,000 miles away from Earth, about two-thirds of the way to the Moon, everything changed. When a pressure sensor reading was off, Mission Control reques...
Writer: future, fiction, finance, based on history, mythology, and technology
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1914 - 2022 and beyond, Earth
Over time, all systems of the world become empires, and all empires are about money. Gold gave way to dollars.
Some say it began when kingdoms gave way to republics.
A long global war separated by a temporary peace. Allies vs. Axis, East vs. West. Past vs. future.
The largest victors became co-rulers and rivals for the world. The U.S. and U.S.S.R., republics in name, empires in reality.
The US Dollar was set loose outside to rebuild the world. Everyone used dollars after 1945, even the communists.
The Soviet Union wanted a better interest rate on their dollars. Italian bankers obliged. Even as Soviet tanks rolled into Hungary in 1956, Soviet held dollars were transferred to British banks for safe-keeping. Cold War or not, everybody used dollars.
In 1957, dollar in a European bank account were christened "Eurodollars" (these expatriate dollars are in fact global). As of the 21st century, the (estimated) market is tens of trillions.
Everyone complains about all the dollars "printed" but the demand for them is insatiable everywhere. In trillions of loans.
That's the worry, someone's dollar-based loan is another's asset. What if there was money, like gold, that moved as fast as USD?
What if there was money, that was not controlled by empires?
ENTER 2009. 100 years after gold exited the financial stage, the something new grew, on the back of a massive network.
An Internet of Money, an empire of the future. The next money.
1914 - 2022 and beyond, Earth
Over time, all systems of the world become empires, and all empires are about money. Gold gave way to dollars.
Some say it began when kingdoms gave way to republics.
A long global war separated by a temporary peace. Allies vs. Axis, East vs. West. Past vs. future.
The largest victors became co-rulers and rivals for the world. The U.S. and U.S.S.R., republics in name, empires in reality.
The US Dollar was set loose outside to rebuild the world. Everyone used dollars after 1945, even the communists.
The Soviet Union wanted a better interest rate on their dollars. Italian bankers obliged. Even as Soviet tanks rolled into Hungary in 1956, Soviet held dollars were transferred to British banks for safe-keeping. Cold War or not, everybody used dollars.
In 1957, dollar in a European bank account were christened "Eurodollars" (these expatriate dollars are in fact global). As of the 21st century, the (estimated) market is tens of trillions.
Everyone complains about all the dollars "printed" but the demand for them is insatiable everywhere. In trillions of loans.
That's the worry, someone's dollar-based loan is another's asset. What if there was money, like gold, that moved as fast as USD?
What if there was money, that was not controlled by empires?
ENTER 2009. 100 years after gold exited the financial stage, the something new grew, on the back of a massive network.
An Internet of Money, an empire of the future. The next money.
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