Gold

series Part 1 From barter to digital cash. Money has been part of human history for more than 5,000 years. From the origins of bartering to modern crypto money, this is how the system has evolved. At the dawn of humanity, bartering was used in lieu of money to buy goods. As man began to domesticate livestock, one of the earliest forms of barter included cattle, sheep, as well as vegetables and grain. The first known currency was created by King Alyattes in Lydia, now part of Turkey, in around 600BC. The first coin ever minted features a roaring lion.…