Hitting the Mother Code

“A bar of gold. A disk of iron. A chain of beads. A card of plastic. A slip of cotton-linen paper. These things are worthless. One cannot eat them, or drink them, or use them as a blanket. But they are valuable, too. Their value comes from the simplest thing. People believe they are money, and so they are.” Derek Thompson: Bitcoin Is a Delusion That Could Conquer the World. (In fairness, there are several delusions vying for that spot these days…)