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> This is the first time in the history of humanity that the country leaders can be bypassed and money could be sent peer-to-peer between geographies. There is
by cesarb 4y ago
> This is the first time in the history of humanity that the country leaders can be bypassed and money could be sent peer-to-peer between geographies. There is just no precedent to this [...]
"Hawala as a legal concept came to be described as early as 1327, according to Schramm and Taube,[5][6] though the actual practice has existed since the 8th century [...]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala
- xiphias2 4y agoLooks cool, it's interesting that it's still a working system.