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by bmm6o 3093 days ago
For producing something of no intrinsic monetary value?
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How are these any different from say Bitcoin?
Bitcoin doesn't pay out cash when you find a block. It pays out Bitcoins. So the value of that is based on how much other people will pay for a bitcoin.
people pay for Bitcoin
You can buy things with Bitcoin.
You can buy things with $3000 cash as well.
But not a Bitcoin