DFMM No.1: Wooden promises for digital money

Why the media cannot see past the surface of the Tenino 'Wooden Dollar'

A few weeks ago I got sent a news story about the 'Tenino Wooden Dollar'. News outlets were picking it up as a heartwarming novelty story about a small town issuing its own currency - printed on thin pieces of wood - in response to hardship caused by the Covid crisis. They sent reporters to investigate it, but their reports often missed out all the most…