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Re: Medium of Exchange vs Store of Value - and effect on BTC worth
by
deisik
on 07/12/2013, 16:03:27 UTC
Ok, in that case (BTC  is "backed by the strength and security of the network as well as the safety"), where is the download link where I can redeem my BTCs for that in order to store some safety in my own home, or use it in my laptop once in a while?
See? It's not backed by anything of value. You cannot trade subjective stuff as strenght, security or safety. My 2 bit cents Wink

If you saved your paper dollars under the mattress, this wouldn't be much different from saving some files on the storage media in your computer. Whether material or immaterial, the form in which value is saved or stored plays no role. What really does is the subjective value people attribute to the things and which you cannot redeem in order to store safely in your home. If security as well as safety are among them, then anything that provides security and safety will have that subjective value (which you just can't squirrel in the backyard because it is purely a mental construct in people's heads)...

So you're actually confusing issues here (I hope unintentionally)