Alternative Currency Quotes

We have a government that purposely counterfeits and debases the currencies, and I believe that the alternative would be a competition. That means that anything that wants to substitute for the American dollar should be permitted.

At Newfoundland, it is said, that dried cod performs the office of money

In April 2013, Nathaniel Popper of 'The New York Times' reported on Bitcoin in an article titled, 'Digital Money is Gaining Champions in the Real World'.

Through bitcoin, the Argentines are developing an economy which doesn't require the bankers.

The Townsend Plan is an attempt to mint the moonlight into silver and coin the sunshine into gold.

A Central Bank official said that Q-coin did not affect the renminbi; it adds vibrancy to the economy.

Measuring the oil industry in dollars gives you a very warped view. Pick a sound currency such as Swiss francs or gold grams and look at the oil business through that lens.

If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him. But the rich man--not to make any invidious comparison--is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.... Thus his moral ground is taken from under his feet.

We need to adopt a new currency. It doesn't matter what or how we call it - lira, sterling, Roman sesterce.

We have gold because we cannot trust governments

It is particularly odd that economists who profess to be champions of a free-market economy, should go to such twists and turns to avoid facing the plain fact: that gold, that scarce and valuable market-produced metal, has always been, and will continue to be, by far the best money for human society.

Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.

Money is the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card.

I see a great future for gold and silver coins as the currency people may increasingly turn to when paper currencies begin to disintegrate.

I am an advocate of having a gold dollar with Reagan's picture on it, and calling it the Ronnie. The Canadians have the Loonie, and we can have the Ronnie.

The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored.

It'd be great to be in a position where you can make choices regardless of money. My tastes are always gonna lead me to go for the amazing project where I'm being paid in Turkish cantaloupes.

I regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine to create some manufactured currency.

Something like bitcoin is really important because it is not correlated to the rest of the market.

You got a bag of pot, there's someone who wants to buy it from you. So in a weird way, marijuana has [become] and is becoming the new currency of the world.

The idea behind stamped money is sound.

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.

If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange.

Bitcoin will make a dent in society when more normal transactions occur that would have occurred with dollars or credit card.

Marijuana grows everywhere in the world. And it really is currency, if you think about it.