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J.T. Woodhouse | 9 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 What’s the intrinsic value of gold?
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Jameson Lopp | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You can sprinkle gold dust on your food and ensparkle your poo: priceless!
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kup | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 “ensparkle”, an example of subjective value, and a literal shit post … thank you.
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J.T. Woodhouse | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Filthy lucre indeed.
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Low Information Voter | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Extreme corrosion resistance, great ductility, one of the best electrical conductors.

And in extremis, don't bother with silver bullets, gold has a specific gravity of 20, up there with uranium and tungsten as a penetrator.
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Low Information Voter | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If you know you're going to be robbed and can make a neutron source, you can irradiate your gold to give off horrific 2 MeV gamma rays for the "new owner". With a half life of two days, it will soon cool enough to safely reclaim from their corpse.

I need to use that property as a plot device in something.
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J.T. Woodhouse | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You just earned the gold medal 🥇
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Low Information Voter | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 We need a way to add that functionality to our Bitcoin wallets.

"Toxic Maxis" just aren't quite toxic enough to deter thieves from stealing #bitcoin
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Ranger Loki | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Nothing have intrinsic value, all value is subjective.