money is three things > a store of value > a flexible means of exchange > an accounting system bitcoin does all of those things and has many advantages over the physical because  > it is incorruptible and impartial  > it is highly portable > it is easy to secure there are others too but that's the main now being incorruptible doesn't mean you can't get scammed on the way in or out or lose your shit due to stupidity, incompetence or bad luck but as an accounting system it is as near perfect as possible remember that all value is an abstract thing, it exists within the minds of the people who vale it, paper money has value because everyone believes it has value, same with gold, one is just paper and the other is a shiney rock (ok metal), you can't eat them and they don't keep the rain off your head yet everyone believes they have value
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