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Re:Bitcoin has risen more than eightfold in past year by bandrami on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @01:19PM (#15020237)
Equally true of most other commodities and currencies, right?

No; if I hold a stock I receive a dividend from the company and a vote in their governance; if I hold a bond I receive interest payments; if I hold bauxite I can use it to make whatever you make with bauxite.

Re:Bitcoin has risen more than eightfold in past year by kobeya on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:35PM (#15022867)
A stock or bond is neither a commodity nor a currency.