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"Gold is a ponzi scheme in the classic sense though. There is no underlying value[1] and the price only goes up if more people buy in."

[1] it's literally a shiny yellow rock. You can argue that there's some intrinsic value for use in jewelry or electronics, but given the demand breakdown (https://www.statista.com/statistics/299609/gold-demand-by-in...) and the current price, anyone buying right now is going to experience massive losses should a collapse happen




except gold has been valuable for thousands of years and retains value without electricity and internet, none of which are true for BTC.


In other words, gold is a more proven/resilient ponzi scheme


Gold has plenty of use besides speculation - jewelry, decoration, electronics, healthcare.


Covered in the GP comment.

>[1] it's literally a shiny yellow rock. You can argue that there's some intrinsic value for use in jewelry or electronics, but given the demand breakdown (https://www.statista.com/statistics/299609/gold-demand-by-in...) and the current price, anyone buying right now is going to experience massive losses should a collapse happen


I know that only about half of the demand for new gold is for investment, but this means gold is in much better position than Bitcoin. Bitcoin can go to zero because it has no intrinsic value, unlike gold.




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