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By WomenNow
December 5, 2022
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While we wait for the implementation of the digital euro (which could be a reality in 2025), we are witnessing the debacle of the cryptocurrencies and we learn what it is programmable money or what it consists of real estate tokenization, we have one new currency among us. Or rather, among the users of TikTokIf you're one of them, you know what we're talking about.
Although it has only been in circulation for a few weeks, the 'Dabloons have become a true viral phenomenon. and while the “dabloon economy” has gained in complexity (and copied the worst customs of the capitalist system) the videos dedicated to the new currency (already cats that endorse it) receive hundreds of millions of views. To understand what we're talking about, it's best to answer these questions. Four basic questions for the uninitiated.
What are 'dabloons'?
It is said of the latest newly minted digital currency that takes its name from the 19th-century Spanish gold doubloons and is used to buy all kinds of objects. Imaginary, yes.. From soup to a gun to a pet. I mean, literally anything. No, it's not a cryptocurrency and no, it has no value, beyond mere fun. It works as a collaborative role-playing game where users accumulate their 'dabloons' and use them to purchase all kinds of items.
What do cats have to do with all this?
According to 'The Guardian', it all started in the catz.jpeg Instagram account dedicated to cat memes, which in April 2021 shared the image of a black cat showing its paw and the following cryptic message: “Four dabloons.” A year later, the phrase went viral on TikTok and the hashtag #dabloons had accumulated over 500 million views on the platform by the end of November.
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How are they earned and how much do they cost?
Simple: there are plenty of TikTok videos that give them away. Most of them start with the same greeting: “Hello traveler” and a photo of a cat. Otherwise, the rule is that there are no rules: anyone can broadcast 'dabloons' because No one supervises them nor is there any regulatory body, website, app, or visionary CEO behind it. That doesn't mean users don't keep their own accounts in notebooks or spreadsheets, where they also record their purchase inventories or debts.
Okay, so where's the fun in that?
If you can't find it anywhere, it doesn't matter, it's still a great idea. inside joke for initiated 'tiktokers'. However, the real charm of the “dabloon economy” is how it mimics the classical financial system, especially in its shadows. In a matter of days, the imaginary currency acquired increasing complexity.
Since the dabloon thieves, which leave your bank account trembling or in the red, even the 'dabloon' mafia. That's why some people offer "insurance" for dabloons, and the first Dabloon University has already been founded to learn how to manage them. When some users started giving away hundreds of 'dabloons' in each video, the corresponding Treasury (completely fictitious, of course) declared that the 'dabloon' economy (unlimited by definition, although some would like to put a stop to it) was living its first financial crisis due to a terrible inflationAnd so, within days, anti-Dabloonist movements and revolutionary currents emerged, ready to destroy the system.
And if that's not funny enough, let a cat come down and see it.
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