> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://money.web3economy.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://money.web3economy.io/overview.md).

# Overview

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Resources exploring money, the functions of money, the problems with existing forms of money and how demurrage represents a promising solution that could be adopted across Web3 ecosystems.

**Credits**

To learn more about Gesell’s background, ideas and economic perspectives please consider watching the [video course](https://silviogesell.com/video-course/) presented by the [Silvio Gesell Foundation](https://silviogesell.com/). This analytical resource has foundations that are influenced by this course however the analysis does deviate from this content, especially around making distinctions between low-cost storability and the store-of-value function.