> What future does an asset have if people don't actually buy stuff with it? Not sure what you're getting at here? There are loads of assets that people don't

> What future does an asset have if people don't actually buy stuff with it? Not sure what you're getting at here? There are loads of assets that people don't buy stuff with e.g. gold, stocks, bonds, property, etc. Aside from cash I'd guess that the norm is for assets to be converted to cash before anything.