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by qwebfdzsh 909 days ago
> a thing whose primary role is to store and exchange abstract, agreed upon value.

To be fair that's a hard one. Token? Speculative asset? I mean it's closer in most ways to stuff like gold coins or diamonds than real money.

> role is to store and exchange abstract, agreed upon value

Yet most people only buy it and/or hold it entirely for speculation/"investment" reasons.