>The stock market concept better matches this abstraction in laypeople's minds. In even more obvious cosmetic comparisons, the word "Stock" is in embedded in t

>The stock market concept better matches this abstraction in laypeople's minds. In even more obvious cosmetic comparisons, the word "Stock" is in embedded in the company name "StockX", and when you go to the "stockx.com" url, there's a ticker of live shoe prices scrolling sideways similar to the traditional stock market displays. The landing webpage also bills itself as, "The Stock Market of Things". The "stock market" analogy (however flawed it is) is clearly intended to connect to laypeople and not meant to pass a vocabulary test by college econ professors.