Even if a stock does not return dividends, it still represents a share of ownership in the company. It has a real value to anyone who might want to purchase a c

Even if a stock does not return dividends, it still represents a share of ownership in the company. It has a real value to anyone who might want to purchase a controlling share in the company, value in reasonable proportion to the profit or profit potential of the company. From that perspective, taking control of Bitcoin may have a measurable monetary value but as I understand the system the value isn't in the coins, it's in the miners.