Assuming the commodity has value, it's effectively the same as gold mining, it's just that the work is completely automated. The only "money being made out of n

Assuming the commodity has value, it's effectively the same as gold mining, it's just that the work is completely automated. The only "money being made out of nothing" is due to quantitative easing in fiat currencies. Bitcoins must be mined, and currently at least the setup and administration necessary to pull that off in a way with decent returns is out of the reach of almost all people (not necessarily people here, though).