>which have purposes from engineering to jewellery Isn't using crypto as a currency equivalent to using precious metals as jewellery? Something like <10% of go

>which have purposes from engineering to jewellery Isn't using crypto as a currency equivalent to using precious metals as jewellery? Something like <10% of gold is used for industrial purposes and the rest is jewellery (superfluous personal adornment) and investment (value-storage). But compared to something like gold, cryptocurrencies at least have some valuable characteristics when used as an investment or financial tool: verifiable transactions, low-transaction cost, etc.