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Cow's milk is a commodity. It does not make a good currency. It must be kept refrigerated, and even with this becomes useless in a short amount of time. None
by Ologn 13y ago
Cow's milk is a commodity. It does not make a good currency. It must be kept refrigerated, and even with this becomes useless in a short amount of time. Nonetheless, it is a commodity and is useful.
Gold is a commodity. It makes a good currency - compared to many commodities it is easy and fast to move, can be moved securely, is hard to counterfeit and has a limited supply. It was used millennia ago to make goblets and the like, and has industrial uses today.
Bitcoin is not a commodity. It has no underlying use. So it is not a currency either. Because currencies are based on commodities.
I have written about government fiat money in other posts in this thread so I won't go into that tangent in this reply.
- pixie_ 13y agoYou went from the 'bitcoin has no intrinsic value fallacy' right to the 'bitcoin is not a currency fallacy' - seriously read the Bitcoin FAQ or something. All your points have been discussed to death for the last 4 years. You think after 4 years, hundreds of startups, and millions of dollars invested in Bitcoin that you are the only one who 'realizes' Bitcoin is a scam? Wake up, bitcoin is legit now. It's been vetted by larger forces than your 'blog.'