> Gold doesn't do anything, except in some specialized applications. Neither do paper dollars - it's an abstraction that has been historically coveted and acce

> Gold doesn't do anything, except in some specialized applications. Neither do paper dollars - it's an abstraction that has been historically coveted and accepted as money, and that's why it's valuable. I'd take gold alternative to paper money if someone wanted to pay me in it and had proof of its purity.