MONEY & BITCOIN: Activity Log

From 2026.01.08 Meeting: Team Notes and Research Leads

Money & Bitcoin

What already exists

o   hOUR Economy & potentially an existing base of members

o   Bitcoin Loans

o   Bridgewater has a local currency

o   Local credit union over big banks

o   Green path financial wellness

Dreams of what could be

o   Taxation with representation

Risks on the horizon

o   Bitcoin too volatile & slow to ever be used as currency

o   Crypto mostly used for scams & money laundering

o   Most use cases for blockchain would work better with a normal database

o   Losing access to coin

o   Bob the uber-hacker?

One Small Next Step

̶A̶I̶ ̶K̶i̶p̶:̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶e̶a̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶B̶r̶i̶d̶g̶e̶w̶a̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶l̶o̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶c̶y̶ ̶(̶R̶i̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶R̶o̶o̶s̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶a̶k̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶c̶r̶e̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶i̶l̶a̶r̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶.̶ [I called and spoke with Bridgewater today about their River Roos program through Yiftee. They really liked the idea of the program, but Yiftee was not ideal and they are pivoting to a different program which will roll out soon. I left a message with the City Manager to hear more about this upcoming program. (Kip 2026/01/12)]

̶A̶I̶ ̶K̶i̶p̶:̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶v̶e̶s̶t̶i̶g̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶p̶h̶y̶s̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶t̶o̶k̶e̶n̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶-̶b̶a̶n̶k̶i̶n̶g̶,̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶s̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶a̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶-̶b̶a̶n̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶g̶r̶a̶m̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶r̶c̶e̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶e̶e̶r̶s̶.̶ (̶I̶'v̶e̶ r̶e̶a̶c̶h̶e̶d̶ o̶u̶t̶ t̶o̶ s̶o̶m̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ M̶a̶k̶e̶r̶s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶, a̶s̶ w̶e̶l̶l̶ a̶s̶ s̶o̶m̶e̶ e̶n̶g̶r̶a̶v̶e̶r̶s̶ f̶o̶r̶ p̶r̶i̶c̶e̶ p̶o̶i̶n̶t̶s̶. I̶'v̶e̶ a̶l̶s̶o̶ b̶e̶e̶n̶ g̶i̶v̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ i̶d̶e̶a̶ o̶f̶ u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶h̶e̶ c̶o̶i̶n̶ p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶ a̶t̶ t̶h̶e̶ M̶a̶d̶e̶ s̶t̶o̶r̶e̶, a̶n̶d̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ i̶n̶v̶e̶s̶t̶i̶g̶a̶t̶e̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ o̶p̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ m̶o̶r̶e̶ 0̶1̶/1̶8̶/2̶0̶2̶6̶)̶ (Please see website on token options and price points here: https://houreconomy.org/tokens.html )

AI Kip: I will coordinate with the previous members of the Staunton Bitcoiners club to see if we can create a community education event.