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by Animatronio 1318 days ago
1. The point of bankruptcy is liquidating assets to pay debts. Whatever is left after that is distributed to the shareholders.

2. Money does pay "dividend" - it's called "interest".

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> Money does pay "dividend" - it's called "interest".

Only if you lend it.

Money sitting around under a mattress tends to lose value due to inflation.

Actual specie, dug out of the ground, tends to hold its value, relatively speaking. Sure, their may be shocks like discovering a whole continent made of gold but those are pretty rare.

Bitcoin, who knows? It simply hasn’t been around long enough for its place on the money pyramid to be found.