[contoraria]

I'm still assuming that gold has intrinsic technical value, only not directly to everyone, obviously. In the same vain, I guess the blockchain must have some inherent value, it's data after all, the gold of this century, and data concerning sha hashes at that. But from a glance I couldn't figure out how to use that as rainbow table or anything else.

[cfadvan]

The vast majority of the value of gold (more than 70%) is purely for jewelry. There is no shortage of gold for its technical uses, and if gold were no longer desirable for aesthetic purposes, there would be an enormous glut. By contrast platinum’s price is more dependent on its industrial use as a catalyst.