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by cglace 3062 days ago
Gold has a myriad of uses outside of it being a heavy rock. If it's price were to drop substantially it's use in industry would increase substantially and we know what happens to price when demand increases.
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I don’t think industry is the floor you think it is. They’ll happily pay as little as they can for it.

I think the more honest measure is simply how many people have faith in it. Bitcoin and gold may be logically equivalent for this function, but a lot more people have a lot more faith in gold.

Anyone will happily pay as little as possible for anything. I don't see your point.