"Yeah, its a coin. You know like bitcoin." He said to a guy at a bar.
"Yeah, I heard you the first time its just not, I mean you can't hold it, you know."
"But thats the beauty of it, we all technically can hold it, instantly."
"I don't know, I don't like it, I don't think it will ever replace cash as the king."
The guy finished his beer and left.
That was the last person he'd spoken too in Indiana. It was 8am now, off the flight, but he couldn't check into his air bnb. He was in a busy street, Oxford he might have read. He knew the station, Tottenham court road.
He was at a cafe, Elwin's there was a question on the chalk board, he had ordered a flat white.
"What is the alloy called thats a mixture between gold and silver."
He was too tired to guess, but he watched people one at a time take a swing.
"Aluminum? No uh what's that called uh Tin? No it can't be so easy."
The barista just shook his head. The couple payed the full price for the drink. Tourists shuffled in and out, some just asking for directions, some regulars too, asking more intimate questions, possibly they knew the same people.
It was drizzling out, and people passed with rain jackets all shades or blue. Everywhere outside was grey.
"Yeah, I heard you the first time its just not, I mean you can't hold it, you know."
"But thats the beauty of it, we all technically can hold it, instantly."
"I don't know, I don't like it, I don't think it will ever replace cash as the king."
The guy finished his beer and left.
That was the last person he'd spoken too in Indiana. It was 8am now, off the flight, but he couldn't check into his air bnb. He was in a busy street, Oxford he might have read. He knew the station, Tottenham court road.
He was at a cafe, Elwin's there was a question on the chalk board, he had ordered a flat white.
"What is the alloy called thats a mixture between gold and silver."
He was too tired to guess, but he watched people one at a time take a swing.
"Aluminum? No uh what's that called uh Tin? No it can't be so easy."
The barista just shook his head. The couple payed the full price for the drink. Tourists shuffled in and out, some just asking for directions, some regulars too, asking more intimate questions, possibly they knew the same people.
It was drizzling out, and people passed with rain jackets all shades or blue. Everywhere outside was grey.
