<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>International on Cephas - Liana Banyan Knowledge Center</title><link>https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/tags/international/</link><description>Recent content in International on Cephas - Liana Banyan Knowledge Center</description><generator>Hugo -- 0.152.2</generator><language>en-us</language><copyright>2026 Liana Banyan Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/tags/international/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Three-Gear Currency: The tl;dr</title><link>https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/academic/three-gear-currency-tldr/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/academic/three-gear-currency-tldr/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="three-gear-currency-systems-the-tldr"&gt;Three-Gear Currency Systems: The tl;dr&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want the formal proofs?&lt;/strong&gt; See: &lt;a href="https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/academic/three-gear-currency-academic/"&gt;Full Academic Paper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="the-problem-in-one-sentence"&gt;The Problem in One Sentence&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you let someone earning $300/month in Nigeria buy the same thing as someone earning $10,000/month in Switzerland, without either subsidizing the Nigerian or penalizing the Swiss?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="the-solution"&gt;The Solution&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Three currencies that all spend the same, but get acquired differently.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="meet-the-gears"&gt;Meet the Gears&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;th&gt;Currency&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Who Gets It&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;What It Does&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Everyone&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;The main money. Spends everywhere.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;People from weaker economies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Tops up your Credits so you have full purchasing power. Clears through participation.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;People from stronger economies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Stores your extra value. Redeemable later at the rate you locked in.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 id="how-it-actually-works"&gt;How It Actually Works&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Say the baseline is $1 = 1 Credit.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Canada 40K Integration</title><link>https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/under-the-hood/canada-40k-integration/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/under-the-hood/canada-40k-integration/</guid><description>Integration pathway with Canada&amp;#39;s 40,000+ registered cooperatives</description></item><item><title>International</title><link>https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/initiatives/international/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/initiatives/international/</guid><description>Connecting entrepreneurs worldwide with the Rescue Fleet and three-gear currency system</description></item></channel></rss>