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minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoGod, I’d love to watch you attempt to buy a Big Mac with gold nuggets.
minus-squareahornsirup@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoGold is a physical good with intrinsic value and real uses beyond it being valuable. ETA - gold is also generally bought as an investment (or jewellery/decorative purposes, or for industrial use), not for use as a currency.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoWhat intrinsic value is that supposed to be? Who talks about using Bitcoin as a currency?
Where can you do the same with gold?
Just about everywhere
God, I’d love to watch you attempt to buy a Big Mac with gold nuggets.
Gold is a physical good with intrinsic value and real uses beyond it being valuable.
ETA - gold is also generally bought as an investment (or jewellery/decorative purposes, or for industrial use), not for use as a currency.
What intrinsic value is that supposed to be? Who talks about using Bitcoin as a currency?