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Re:Beyond the boring blockchain bubble by alexmat on Monday August 07, 2017 @01:23AM (#14945491)
This can be said about so many tech innovations, not just Bitcoin.
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Re:Beyond the boring blockchain bubble by AstralStorm on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:38AM (#14945742)
Not quite. Unlike virtual money other innovations have intrinsic value, however small it may be.
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Re:Beyond the boring blockchain bubble by peterisza on Monday August 07, 2017 @05:47PM (#14951544)
Bitcoin's intrinsic value lies in the system that can securely, verifiably, transferably and trustlessly store numbers, assign them to password-protected wallets and keep the sum of those numbers below a constant (21M). Due to these traits, such a system is suitable for representing value just like gold (but BTC is more easily transferable). It is pretty hard to create such a system, therefore it is valueable.
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