Economy

I think that the best way to stop people from spamming items is to have a very simple economy, and give people a little starting money. The economy wouldn't be very important, and mostly used to get starting items. People could exploit it for diamond tools, see people walking around with x64 stacks of them anyways. The server already has a built in pay system. We can make it simple; the only way to buy stuff would be to go to the signs. Just replace the free signs with trade/buy signs.
http://ess.earth2me.com/index.php/Sign_T..._Eco_Signs

People should ask an op for anything thats not on here, they can add secret free signs for trusted players... if they have to.

Starting $
- $512(enough for 8 tools, or 8 stacks of items, not enough to spam the server)
Ingots(gold, iron, diamond, etc.)
Dont give out ingots... arent people supposed to be mining for those?

Items - pretty much everything is $1 here
Torch, $1 per torch
Redstone, $1
Paper, $1
Bread, $1
Compass, $1
Seeds $1
Arrow $1
Tools:
diamond tools, $64 apiece
Bow, $64

Blocks: just like items, pretty much, $1 an item.
-Dirt, gravel, and sand $1 per item(64 stack=diamond tool)
-Cobblestone, $1 per item
-Smoothstone, $1 apiece(to convert cobble to smooth)
-Logs: $1 apiece
-Sandstone, $1 per item

So, what do you think?