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Gold has physical value, yes, because it is relatively rare on Earth and has interesting chemical and physical properties that can be used in several ways. And on top of that, it's dense, can be melted, and does not corrode over time. Therefore making is a good tool to represent "money".

> why do you think bullion currencies are more common during times of warfare? Because inflation runs crazy during warfare and therefore people trying to save their earnings go for gold, silver and others in order to avoid losing the face value of their fiat currencies. And by the way, the Gold standard was abandoned in History mainly to fund the war in Europe during the 1st world war, and then later in the 20th century because of the expenses of the US military policy during the Cold war.

> when are countries incentivized to "expand their credit line to the infinite"? Look at the current situation in the US. Everyone knows they will never pay their debt, yet it keeps growing. You can expect things to crash hard down the road.

> would you rather have a currency that can modify its inflation/deflation rate based on any number of relevant factors, or a currency whose inflation/deflation rate is tied to the rate of mining of some rocks in the ground?

The later, obviously, because Gold is neutral and does not belong to any government. The US Dollar, the Euro and other fiat currencies are all controlled by different central banks with different agendas. I have no control over what they can do in the future. But Gold is tangible, and there's not much Gold being extracted nowadays to change the face value of it.

Why do you think China is building a huge Gold reserve currently, and buying Gold as much as they can from all over the world? Do you think they are just plain stupid ?