Re:China Bans Financial Companies From Bitcoin Transactions
by yk on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:04AM
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The heating value of dollars is a lot lower than the economic value. Same for gold.
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Re:China Bans Financial Companies From Bitcoin Transactions
by wavesounds on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:15AM
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I was just pointing out Greenspan's statement was correct. Obviously dollars have a higher extrinsic then intrinsic value.
I think Greenspan's point was that just like with stocks you have to be careful investing in things that have low intrinsic values, ie a company that is valued very high but doesn't make much money. This is why people view gold as a safer investment then dollars, it has a higher intrinsic value.
Re:China Bans Financial Companies From Bitcoin Transactions
by XorNot on Thursday December 05, 2013 @10:54AM
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Dollar's are backed by a large hegemonic power, with control of its armed forces, which is capable of extracting taxes from its population.
This makes them valuable, unless you expect the US government to fall shortly. Bitcoin does not have these features. It also does not have the normal features of a commodity (i.e. industrial uses).
This means it has zero intrinsic value - nothing stablizes or enforces its value in anyway.
Re:China Bans Financial Companies From Bitcoin Transactions
by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:10AM
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Right now, but there were cases of people burning their money before.