tirateimas@lemmy.pt to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前France pulls last gold held in US for $15B gainwww.mining.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down13cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down17·3 个月前all gold is inherently worthless and pure speculation. it shouldn’t even have $1 in value.
minus-squarerwrwefwef@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 个月前 all gold is inherently worthless and pure speculation. Gold has practical applications, such as acting as a conductor for microchips.
minus-squarespacesatan@leminal.spacedeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 个月前It’s not bitcoin. It’s a real material that you can use for stuff.
minus-squaretirateimas@lemmy.ptOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 个月前As any currency (like your $1 piece of paper). You just believe someone or some entity will accept it in exchange for something else.
minus-squareAvicenna@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 个月前What is inherent worth but what people attach to them. At some point in history someone went “ooh shiny” and we had gold.
all gold is inherently worthless and pure speculation. it shouldn’t even have $1 in value.
Gold has practical applications, such as acting as a conductor for microchips.
Also, shiny.
It’s not bitcoin. It’s a real material that you can use for stuff.
As any currency (like your $1 piece of paper). You just believe someone or some entity will accept it in exchange for something else.
What is inherent worth but what people attach to them. At some point in history someone went “ooh shiny” and we had gold.