> persuading each other to do things in an organized fashion, believing there will be reciprocation at some later date. Sounds like it has parallels to society

> persuading each other to do things in an organized fashion, believing there will be reciprocation at some later date. Sounds like it has parallels to society in general. It is just that society with it’s deeds, titles, government issued promises to pay etc. has been around for a very long time, so has proven itself. But it is all based on faith. For example borrow 1M tokens in exchange for a piece if paper that says you own some land, with confidence that you can earn more tokens (or get someone to rent the land for tokens) and that the legal system will give you continued access to that land and so on.