CashApp on Nostr: Can #bitcoin be both a store of value and a currency? Black pepper may provide some ...
Can #bitcoin be both a store of value and a currency? Black pepper may provide some clues.
In a winding journey through history, black pepper has played the role of a currency in Ancient Greece and for trade in the Middle Ages.
It was also a precious commodity in Ancient Egypt, has been known as “black gold,” and prompted the French to coin the term “as dear as pepper.”
The mummified body of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses the Great, was found with black pepper stuffed into his nostrils; signifying the importance this precious commodity had to Egyptian society at the time.
In a winding journey through history, black pepper has played the role of a currency in Ancient Greece and for trade in the Middle Ages.
It was also a precious commodity in Ancient Egypt, has been known as “black gold,” and prompted the French to coin the term “as dear as pepper.”
The mummified body of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses the Great, was found with black pepper stuffed into his nostrils; signifying the importance this precious commodity had to Egyptian society at the time.