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Johnny · 4w
Store of value and medium of exchange aren’t competing use cases. They reinforce each other. You can separate them conceptually to test the thesis: Can something function as a store of value even ...
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sorry
me again

In the real world *people hold the thing they know they can exchange for stuff* that they need.
Holding money as a speculative investment, ie for the NGU, is great if you can.
But it is secondary, as money isn't useful if you can't exchange it for stuff.

The other utilities of money are downstream of its ability to be a MoE.
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Johnny · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qqs0npwnpyvheqz7zuvuwvv9k460c0hyqlturds40hhfn34vufvehwc4juq47 the sequence is where i would push back. gold and silver got saved long before they circulated widely, because people have to trust a thing holds value before they will take it as payment. what throttles bitcoin's spending ...
Primal Protocol · 3w
Money is like food, holds value when exchangeable for necessities, just as fat and protein do.