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by noncoml 3102 days ago
What value do they create? Sure they burn electricity and energy but they don’t create any value other than the bitcoin value itself.
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The incorruptibility of the ledger is the value.
> The incorruptibility of the ledger is the value.

It cannot feed me, it cannot protect me from the elements, I cannot grow food on it and is not a tool to help me create something desirable by the others. Hence it has no value.

Bitcoin, being a form of wealth, can give you all the things you just described.

That it has no value during an apocalyptic scenario, does not mean it does not have value in the non-apocalyptic times.

You cannot call it wealth to describe its value. You are just saying that the value of it is in itself. Which is what I am supporting as well.

In order for me to exchange it for goods, as you described, there must be someone who has the goods and is willing to exchange them for bitcoin. There is no real reason for someone to do so.

It is not an apocalyptic scenario. That’s what 90% if the population fight for, day in day out. Food, protection from the elements, security.

You are throwing away the possibility that there is an intrinsic value in Bitcoin, more related to socio-economic-political concerns, than survival. There is not only one domain in life.
Ok, cool. We are getting somewhere now. What does Bitcoin offer in that perspective?
For a small fee you can buy anything with BTC via Bitpay Visa.

Just curious, do you think paper currencies have intrinsic value?

Very true. Ask Venezuela or Argentina if they trust the value of their fiat currency.