An original sumerian ledger.
Priests were the trusted third party for recording who owed who and how much.
It was very labor intensive.
The cost of maintaining a ledger has been decreasing exponentially for the last 4000 years as technology improves.
And to think that today we have Bitcoin - a decentralized, global ledger with no need for trusted third parties. The evolution is impressive!
impressive how sophisticated they were with limited technology. how far we've come.
"...And he needs Money!"
Fascinating! Priests were likely one of the few classes and ‘trusted authorities’ at the time who could read/write and thus little way for someone else to audit the third party. Another reason that makes BTC a terrific development.
It's crazy to think there were people who could look at that, read it with almost no effort, form a mental picture of what it all means and make decisions based on it. I'm sure I could learn to read it and that, but it wouldnt be near as natural feeling as it was to the people in the room when it was made.
Zap receipts predate nip-57
