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Except that Bitcoin really is worth $X because someone spent $X to mine it. There is no fundamental valuation: Bitcoin is made up Internet money. It is worth wh
by jkhdigital 6y ago
Except that Bitcoin really is worth $X because someone spent $X to mine it. There is no fundamental valuation: Bitcoin is made up Internet money. It is worth whatever people are willing to pay for it. Mining is public evidence that people all over the world (well, kind of) are burning money to acquire Bitcoin. Maybe those people are cranks, but they do have skin in the game.
- ashtonkem 6y agoNo, people are willing to spend $x to mine bitcoin because they can sell it for $x, not the other way around. If I spend 2x as much mining bitcoin, the price doesn’t double. But if the price doubles, I can afford to spend 2x more mining it.