DFMM No.1: Wooden promises for digital money

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

Our first subscriber video is a deep dive into a seemingly small story, but one that I found totally fascinating, because it draws out so many themes that we will keep returning to.

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 c…