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Re:What everybody ought to know about gold and Bitcoin: Part... by Finnucane on Thursday February 13, 2020 @12:41PM (#22319672)
Gold is shiny and pretty and has some useful physical properties. Bitcoin has no useful properties, but some people want it anyways. Both are hoarded, and are enviromentally destructive to get.

What else do you really need to know?

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Re:What everybody ought to know about gold and Bitcoin: Part... by jraedisch on Thursday February 13, 2020 @04:20PM (#22321536)
Both are scarce and easy to pass on.
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