Imagine Homo sapiens still smelling of freshly lit fire in their hands, skin marked by the sun, living in small clans. There was no writing, no State, no banks. What existed was tribal trust, collective memory, and symbolic exchange. Now inject cryptocurrencies into this world. Not as a chart, nor an app. But as an idea. The blockchain as invisible fire. The fire belonged to no one, but everyone knew how to use it. The blockchain would be seen in the same way: a common record, impossible to erase, inscribed not in stone, but in the ritual memory of the tribe.
Each transaction would be a public act, witnessed by the group. No intermediaries. No kings validating. Consensus would not come from algorithms, but from attentive eyes around the campfire. Tokens as symbols of ancestral value. Cryptocurrencies would not be 'money', but symbols of contribution. Did you hunt? Did you protect the clan? Did you teach something new? You receive a token. Not to accumulate, but to prove that you have already contributed. Those who have tokens have a voice. Those who lose trust lose value. Proof of Work would not be mining. It would be survival.
Wallets as identity. There was no CPF. There was reputation. Your 'wallet' would be your name, your marks, your history. If you broke agreements, no one would accept your tokens. The market was brutal, yet honest. Zero KYC. 100% reputation. No inflation, no empty promises. You couldn't print more food. Therefore, you couldn't print more value. The supply would be sacred. Limited like the seasons of the year. Those who tried to cheat the system… were expelled from the consensus. And outside of consensus, there is no value. Deep down… Perhaps Homo sapiens understood crypto better than us. Because before charts, protocols, and whitepapers, crypto speaks of something ancient: Trust, cooperation, collective memory, value created by real effort... The technology is new. The logic… is ancestral.