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Re:Former US SEC attorney: 'Get out of crypto platforms now' by TacticalCoder on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @09:59PM (#36413428)
Wait... Is it not that within our current understanding of physics gold can only be manufactured artificially from an already heavier metal? (which are already more expensive than gold I think).

I don't know the details but, basically, it's not because we can manufacture synthetic diamonds that we'll one day be able to manufacture non-radioactive synthetic gold.

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Re:Former US SEC attorney: 'Get out of crypto platforms now' by paulddraper on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:27AM (#36418878)
Gold can be created from heavier elements via fission or lighter elements via fusion.

Either way, there's no foreseeable way either would ever be cost -effective

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