Viking silver has been found off the coast of the Isle of Man that has suspicious similarities with Bitcoin.
The series ‘Vikings’ on Netflix has many fans. But now it appears that remarkable things are happening about this people in real life. Off the Irish coast, people have been living on the Isle of Man since 6500 BC. Of course we also know the island for the famous street racing on racing motorcycles. But it also has a robust history of treasures from the Viking Age.
Viking silver that resembles Bitcoin
According to Manx National Heritage – a heritage agency based there – an amateur treasure hunter recently discovered a treasure trove of Viking silver on the island. The latest supply of Viking silver may date from the era of the famous Viking called “Silkbeard”. The Manx National Heritage announcement notes that the Viking coins have a “90% silver content.”
The agency revealed that the stash of ancient money contained 87 silver coins, 13 silver bracelets and a small portion of other numismatic artifacts. The Viking stock was discovered in April when Kath Giles was working with a metal detector on private property. US-based researcher and numismatist, Dr. Kristin Bornholdt-Collins, said the treasure was comparable to the current cryptocurrency. And a 1,000-year-old comparison of Viking silver to Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin embodied.
How?
Experts believe the large amounts of money came from owners who planned to reclaim the stash of money at a later date. Bornholdt-Collins says the stock was used as a “piggy bank” and can be considered a 1,000-year-old analog version of cryptocurrency. “In addition to the array of coins,” Bornholdt-Collins added, “both deposits contain a significant amount of hack silver or bullion, which would have been weighed during transactions and possibly tested for quality. This may be because precious metal was especially useful for international trade. This is because it was practical for transactions of all sizes and was decentralized, a currency without borders or political affiliation.
In that sense, Viking silver is a modern equivalent of a cryptocurrency and certainly Bitcoin.
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