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by imtringued 1892 days ago
Jewelry is a surprisingly big chunk of global gold demand. Yes it is ultimately meaningless other than to impress other humans, however this meaningless activity is part of human nature. We derive joy from it.

Meanwhile Bitcoin is just a means to an end, getting rich quick. The fun doesn't happen because we have Bitcoin, but rather because we get rid of them for an unreasonable price.
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CTDOCodebases 1892 days ago
It could be argued that people are flocking to Bitcoin not to increase wealth but to preserve it over a long period of time.

I don’t know where you live in the world but where I live wages haven’t risen in line with the cost of food and shelter.

Leaving money in the bank is like working to buy a block of ice only to watch it melt away. To argue that any store of value isn’t speculative to some degree is naive.

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etripe 1892 days ago
> To argue that any store of value isn’t speculative to some degree is naive.

Isn't there a difference between currency in general being speculative to some degree and cryptocurrencies specifically, whose main value proposition is speculation?

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CTDOCodebases 1891 days ago
I wasn’t referring to fiat currency since that is a terrible store of value. It is guaranteed to have less buying power in the future.

What I was referring to was stocks since they have outperformed government bonds and gold the last few years. Take Amazon for instance. I don’t think the share price is equal to total assets minus total liabilities divided by number of shares. Amazon doesn’t issue dividends so why did the shareholders pay so much for the shares?

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