hmmm...wasn't bancor the original proposed name for the 'nwo world currency'?
but I do remember that you would get store scrip for returns at department stores, now they just load them on a store card. And going to the little carnival they would have every year at church, you could buy for cash little tickets you then spent on the games and food, and it was fun. Imagine having money be a source of fun or a personal statement of values. This type of future sounds so promising that you know the central banks will definitely try to kill it.