Plantation trees are are a very solid, long-term investment (looks like a 7% return, long-term). I can’t think of any investment that takes so long to mature, yet has a quite steady value.

This could make it a good fit for crypto-currency.

If each “tree dollar” was actually a part-ownership of a tree farm, and that investment might take 15 years or more before it has an income, then that encourages long-term stability.

When the original trees start to produce an income – decades later – “tree dollars” can be redeemed for hard currency. The most desperate people will bid lower. This will be a balancing act to keep the currency stable – value of wood v desperation to redeem.

Those who aren’t in a rush to redeem will see their tree dollars reinvested in more trees.

If plantations were all around the world, risk would be mitigated. If trees with differing maturity rates were invested in, that would increase liquidity.

I think this is the only crypto-currency that is pretty much guaranteed to naturally grow with time.

*thanks to my Dad, who when I was a teen, said tree plantations were the best investment.