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minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·7 个月前Yes, it is durable, portable and compact. We can all agree on the fact you can make things with it. Is there any value in something that holds no real utility or real value?
minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down11·7 个月前There is tons of utility! Intrinsic value, not like gold no…but utility, absolutely.
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 个月前No there is no utility. You cannot do anything with crypto whereas I can make all sorts of stuff from gold as it is a real physical object.
minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 个月前Do you invest in gold? Does your pension plan?
minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 个月前If your pension plan does, it’s not real gold right? Who has it? Are you sure? Are the records transparent?
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·7 个月前It’s held in reserve by a bank if they are invested directly in gold. Who is holding your crypto? Oh that’s right no one is.
minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·7 个月前Lololol no one is. Ok. God damn I guess I am going to get rich with arguments like this…
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 个月前If your crypto is immaterial no one can hold it
Yes, it is durable, portable and compact. We can all agree on the fact you can make things with it.
Is there any value in something that holds no real utility or real value?
There is tons of utility! Intrinsic value, not like gold no…but utility, absolutely.
No there is no utility. You cannot do anything with crypto whereas I can make all sorts of stuff from gold as it is a real physical object.
Do you invest in gold? Does your pension plan?
No, and they might
If your pension plan does, it’s not real gold right? Who has it? Are you sure? Are the records transparent?
It’s held in reserve by a bank if they are invested directly in gold. Who is holding your crypto? Oh that’s right no one is.
Lololol no one is. Ok. God damn I guess I am going to get rich with arguments like this…
If your crypto is immaterial no one can hold it