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by didibus on Sunday October 12, 2025 @02:55PM
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It was in the context of the argument. What's more real about Bitcoin than bonds, options, or stock?
It felt like "real" referred to the physical: gold, food, energy, minerals, real physical things that people have a constant demand for.
It was funny to spot the odd entry, where bitcoins are fully digital and have a very socially dependent agreement and entire digital infrastructure required to keep them functioning.
Gold has a bit of a social agreement as well, but it's social agreement dates thousands of years and even if it broke away still has value as a physical material.
It felt like "real" referred to the physical: gold, food, energy, minerals, real physical things that people have a constant demand for.
It was funny to spot the odd entry, where bitcoins are fully digital and have a very socially dependent agreement and entire digital infrastructure required to keep them functioning.
Gold has a bit of a social agreement as well, but it's social agreement dates thousands of years and even if it broke away still has value as a physical material.