community currencies

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I'm building a community currency trading module and I've spent several days now wrestling with Form API in 6.x. I have no income from this but I need this form built for me, so I'm offering a bounty of $200.

My modules defines a node-type called transaction which consists of buyerID, sellerID, quantity, description of trade and other fields. Here is the user story I am trying to achieve.

  • User goes to the page of the person he wants to trade with, where there is a 'new transaction' block. This means the system already knows both uids.
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    Alternative Currency Support

    Moved to official ideas list

    The 'mint of the realm' is not the only store of wealth or medium of exchange. Community currencies facilitate trading all over the world.
    Such currencies

    • are resilient against recesssion and collapse
    • do not favour the rich by charging interest
    • belong to communities, not to banks
    • prefer local goods and services over the globalised economy
    • are used for economic regeneration and international development
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