# HG changeset patch
# User Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
# Date 1381803981 14400
# Node ID ed7d0ca99c5534d16127ece42aa49916b23fe51f
# Parent  2097f7685a3b951cd29c903fc7aeac441d26d427
gold bar idea.

diff -r 2097f7685a3b -r ed7d0ca99c55 org/ideas.org
--- a/org/ideas.org	Sun Oct 13 12:09:05 2013 -0400
+++ b/org/ideas.org	Mon Oct 14 22:26:21 2013 -0400
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@
 getting credit.
 #+end_quote
 
+- tamper proof gold bars :: [[http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/gold-plated-tungsten-alloy-bar.html][this site]] offers gold plated tungsten bars
+     as "novelty" items. One reason to prefer coins is because they
+     are much harder to counterfeit because there is less surface area
+     to mass ratio. However, gold bars are still a great design
+     because they can hold a lot of value in a small space. A gold bar
+     could be given the same protections (and more) that gold coins
+     have to offer by changing it into a "gold book", which would have
+     hundreds of "pages" of gold bound together. This could be
+     implemented with multiple steel rods going through the book which
+     can be removed, or some more classier mechanism for holding the
+     pages. The point is that the bar can be EASILY subdivided (and
+     people would perform this test before buying), thus guaranteeing
+     it's authenticity.
+
 - aurellem shirt :: I should make an aurellem star symbol tee-shirt. 
 
 - high school science :: this is a lesson in scientific ethics. The