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Re:Bitcoin gave a shuttered coal plant a second life by disruptalot on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:23PM (#27065578)
So I take it you are not willing to accept bitcoin for free since it's not "real and economically useful"?

Commodities don't have a fixed supply, they are not transportable, you can't actually own them. You can't verify them. You can't transact them easily.

Real and economically useful, bitcoin or commodities. which is which?

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Re:Bitcoin gave a shuttered coal plant a second life by cool_dude85 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:28PM (#27065663)
>Real and economically useful, bitcoin or commodities. which is which?

Commodities are the ones that can be both real and economically useful, to answer your question.

It's raining right now where I am. The roof of my house is keeping me dry. Can a bitcoin do the same?

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Re:Bitcoin gave a shuttered coal plant a second life by disruptalot on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:33PM (#27065736)
The property you're asserting is physicality not reality or usefulness.
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