He writes about direct value of steel - but half of the examples he mentions are about metal in general and not about the particular alloy. While true, I don't

He writes about direct value of steel - but half of the examples he mentions are about metal in general and not about the particular alloy. While true, I don't see the relevance of this point. Bitcoin is a commodity with non-money uses. Yes, some of those over lap with other cryptography technology. But that doesn't really change anything.