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Re:Long Island Iced Tea Soars 500% After Changing Its Name t... by bpicolo on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:34AM (#15979455)
There's really no actual reason it should have value equal to the value of all mined gold though.
Re:Long Island Iced Tea Soars 500% After Changing Its Name t... by ryanwaggoner on Thursday December 21, 2017 @11:10AM (#15979879)
There’s no actual reason that gold should have the value it does, either, other than the global shared delusion of it as a store of value.
Re:Long Island Iced Tea Soars 500% After Changing Its Name t... by down on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:48AM (#15979586)
yes, bitcoin is better then gold, will probably get higher
Re:Long Island Iced Tea Soars 500% After Changing Its Name t... by acchow on Thursday December 21, 2017 @02:20PM (#15981914)
Except, the millions of gold holders (including in jewelry, etc) around the world can transact among each other at any time.

Bitcoin can handle 3-7 transactions per second.