by Adam Savage
First published 2017
The protagonist runs a struggling business trapped by advertising revenue and subscription barriers. Traditional payment models fail to engage customers, leaving the company vulnerable to competitors. Then the owner learns that cryptocurrency represents only the beginning of a monetary transformation. Technology now allows individuals and businesses to establish their own currencies. The protagonist explores how to reward website visitors with custom tokens, compensate students for learning, and build community wealth through alternative money systems. As economic models shift around them, they must choose between familiar but failing approaches and the untested power of creating their own currency. The story follows their journey from financial constraints toward a new relationship with money itself.
Genres: fiction, science-fiction, business, economics, technology, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, underdog
34 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform