But people forget that, unlike gold, bitcoins (or for that matter blocks) are not all identical. They have an age. This is bound to have consequences for the relative market price. At some point in time old bitcoins (read blocks) will be values different from new ones.
Really? So not all bitcoins have identical value? Am I the only person who read this and thought it a little strange..
Nope, me too. I don't think anyone but bitanarchy gives any bitcoins a different value. As far as anyone is concerned all that matters is that they get a txin that they can spend. Thats all they need to know and, in fact, in the not-too-distant-future, that is all most clients will know (thin clients).