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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
philip2000uk
on 29/11/2013, 09:37:26 UTC
...then cut it in half to make sure it's not gold-plated tungsten.

Beat me to it. This is why I'd never buy a precious metal, especially gold. How can you ever be sure it's real?

Fairly simple XRF + thermal conductivity + resistivity tests will completely guarantee that a bar of gold is what it says on the face. For extra paranoia there's more complex ultrasonic testing.
Thanks guys, I was always interested for real when and if one day gold would be needed but there's bitcoin now Smiley