Re:Bitcoin has few attributes of money but all the attribute...
by dehrmann on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:22AM
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> Collectibles have cultural, artistic, or other value on their own
Interest or novelty, perhaps, but not value. There's a big difference between a baseball used in a game and a baseball card. NFTs show this distinction a bit better because, like baseball cards, they're only loosely associated with the person or thing that's actually culturally interesting.
> Bitcoin is very fungible.
As others have said, there's a record of your bitcoin's life, but there are also a fixed number of bitcoins.
Interest or novelty, perhaps, but not value. There's a big difference between a baseball used in a game and a baseball card. NFTs show this distinction a bit better because, like baseball cards, they're only loosely associated with the person or thing that's actually culturally interesting.
> Bitcoin is very fungible.
As others have said, there's a record of your bitcoin's life, but there are also a fixed number of bitcoins.