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To: tanstaafl.72555

Yep. The cycle of acceptance is what gives anything its value as a medium of exchange.

The only reason I will accept pieces of paper with pictures of dead presidents on them in exchange for my labor is because I know others will accept those pieces of paper as having value.

The same goes for a lump of shiny metal like gold or shiny rocks like diamonds, emeralds, rubies, etc.

These things are not very useful. They’re just not. They don’t have much intrinsic value. If other people would not accept them as having value, how much shiny metal would you want to hold? The whole mystical tangible argument “but I can hold it in my hand! It has weight, therefore its valuable!” argument is laughable.


27 posted on 05/13/2022 3:12:51 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird
I'd also like to get your thoughts on Cardano. The showrunner is Charles Hoskinson, who is an ETH co-founder who broke off to build his own proof of stake project, which became ADA.

You can grab it for 60 cents now.

29 posted on 05/13/2022 7:25:26 AM PDT by GunRunner
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