Interstellar city-states may dominate future space travel, governing the laser highways that connect stars and shape galactic civilization.
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Credits:
Interstellar Banking - The Galactic Financial System
Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Written & Edited by: Briana Brownell, Isaac Arthur, Merv Johnson II, Thomas Owens
Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik & Sergio Botero
Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:45 Foundations of Currency in Space
6:06 Commodity Money
8:47 Fiat Money
10:40 Crypto & Distributed Ledgers
12:09 Time Dilation, Distance, and the Death of Real-Time Banking
12:55 Interplanetary Banking
18:34 Interstellar Banking
19:50 Interstellar Banking (Light-Years Away)
22:56 Intergalactic & FTL Banking
25:09 Automation, AI, and Autonomous Banking
26:22 CT Scan
27:28 Cultural and Ethical Dimensions of Cosmic Wealth
28:45 The Economics of Forever