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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoGold has some value from use in corrosion resistant cables, contacts, or telescopes, but it’s mostly just an agreed upon store of value like any other currency
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI mean usd cash can be used for fire kindling. Both get the vast majority of their value from our collective decision to think that they are valuable.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThat’s a quality of the paper it’s printed on, regardless of denomination.
Gold has some value from use in corrosion resistant cables, contacts, or telescopes, but it’s mostly just an agreed upon store of value like any other currency
So it is worth something then.
I mean usd cash can be used for fire kindling. Both get the vast majority of their value from our collective decision to think that they are valuable.
That’s a quality of the paper it’s printed on, regardless of denomination.