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[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Does gold still have the same value it used to? When it was first used people put value on “oooh, shiny rock, it must be precious”, but now is it really that valuable? It sounds like they’re hoarding it because they think it’s useful as a currency, but if things got bad would other countries care about it?

[-] Spendrill@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Gold is agreed upon as a store of value. There's always someone willing to buy it. You're right that its intrinsic value as a material is lower than the actual price but people's belief in gold is the same as their belief in a fiat currency.

The difference is that gold is a physical asset, so that no matter what the rate of inflation or the fluctuation of the market price if you have a tonne of gold you will always have that tonne.

Also it is not administered by a central bank with a political agenda.

Lastly gold is rare and finite. Eventually there will be no more gold to be mined.

[-] lanigerous@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

I think the fact that it's very chemically stable is likely a factor as well so it can be stored for effectively an infinite amount of time & it won't degrade/react, it'll still be gold.

[-] Spendrill@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Very good point.

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