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		TheBlight on March 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Is Time The vast majority of gold is held for speculation. If that use case went away it'd be effectively worthless.

epx on March 2, 2021 [–]

Wrong. It it fell 50%, many industrial uses of gold would resume. I'd have 4 gold fountain pens instead of 2.

TheBlight on March 2, 2021 | [–]

Lol I stand corrected :)

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