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Title: [2014-04-13] Welcome to Bitcoin Island Post by: Bit_Happy on April 13, 2014, 06:48:58 PM "Forget currencies and commodities … perhaps the most helpful analogy for Bitcoin is ‘land’, argues Richard Gendal Brown.
... Here are some observations to motivate the thought: In the end-state the quantity of bitcoin will be fixed, just like land Bitcoin is not perfectly fungible and neither is land Bitcoin is not ‘consumed’ through use – just transformed and transferred. This is similar to land and dissimilar to many commodities, which are consumed (or at least degraded) through use OK – not a perfect parallel but let’s go with it for now. What happens if we think about bitcoin through the lens of land? http://www.coindesk.com/welcome-bitcoin-island/ Note: This is not about a "Bitcoin Island" project. The article compares owning BTC to owning land. |