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to add to this a little more, bullion is a useful tax-free way of effecting large transactions with private sellers, but not the only way in which these exchanges can occur. The best transactions are when both parties want what the other has.
Remember that scene in Indiana Jones where the Nazis want help finding Indy and the sheik wants the nice car? He gives them tanks and his personal guard. That's the kind of thing I'm talking about here. Those are the best and most fulfilling transactions, because there's no loser and you're both helping each other get what the other wants.
So if you have a boat and want a house, and someone with a house wants a boat, voila. Simple example. It's as infinitely varied as there are assets in the world. It's even better when there are services involved, or possible future contracts like favors. "Here, you'll get a mine, I'll get the logging rights, and we'll re-evaluate in a year." It's what the Euros did when carving up Africa, except their assets were armies.
Thinking like this as much as possible turns you from someone looking for money into someone who thinks like money. Money isn't a dollar or even a gold coin. It's an idea. Sometimes it's wealth and freedom. With RSR, it's stability, trust, and right now, big gains. I'm pretty stoked about this listing, btw.