RetroFed Forum

A community for discussion and news regarding the evolving role of physical cash and digital payments worldwide. Topics include:

Varying Trends: The decline of cash usage in some regions (e.g., Sweden, Australia) versus its continued dominance or growth in others.
Digital Payment Systems: The development of contactless cards, mobile wallets, and real-time payment networks.
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): Pilots, launches, and debates surrounding government-issued digital currencies.
Impacts & Implications: Economic, social, privacy, and accessibility considerations related to changing payment habits.
Alternative Systems: Mutual credit, local currencies, cryptocurrencies, and other non-traditional exchange methods.
Speculation about the future

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

A community for discussion and news regarding the evolving role of physical cash and digital payments worldwide. Topics include:

Varying Trends: The decline of cash usage in some regions (e.g., Sweden, Australia) versus its continued dominance or growth in others.
Digital Payment Systems: The development of contactless cards, mobile wallets, and real-time payment networks.
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): Pilots, launches, and debates surrounding government-issued digital currencies.
Impacts & Implications: Economic, social, privacy, and accessibility considerations related to changing payment habits.
Alternative Systems: Mutual credit, local currencies, cryptocurrencies, and other non-traditional exchange methods.
Speculation about the future

A community for discussion and news regarding the evolving role of physical cash and digital payments worldwide. Topics include:

Varying Trends: The decline of cash usage in some regions (e.g., Sweden, Australia) versus its continued dominance or growth in others.
Digital Payment Systems: The development of contactless cards, mobile wallets, and real-time payment networks.
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): Pilots, launches, and debates surrounding government-issued digital currencies.
Impacts & Implications: Economic, social, privacy, and accessibility considerations related to changing payment habits.
Alternative Systems: Mutual credit, local currencies, cryptocurrencies, and other non-traditional exchange methods.
Speculation about the future

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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