A origem da moeda na sociedade mercantil

Abstract

This work aims to describe the evolution of the concepts for the understanding of currency and the factors involved in determining value metrics for the mercantile society, from the early days of commercial capitalism through to the more recent forms of use of currency in digital formats. Going through the main historical points that assisted those advances, such as the gold standard as an internationally convertible currency, the gold standard collapse, the conception and subsequent implementation of the dollar as a strong world currency, the adherence to the dollar for oil trading markets creating the petrodollar and strengthening the market structure encompassing the use of the dollar, the crises at the beginning of the millennium (2001, and subprime in 2008), ending with the creation of BlockChain and the emergence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, which may become the trend for use in the market within the next few years, according to the proposals provided by BlockChain ecosystems, together with progresses concerning the usability of cryptocurrencies in the market as we know them, understanding that that will be the next great leap in the international financial/economic/monetary sector