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EDUCATION
WHAT IS MONEY
Medium of Exchange
Money facilitates the buying and selling of goods and services without the need for bartering.
Unit of Account
Money provides a standard measure to value goods, services, and economic transactions uniformly.
Store of Value
Money can be saved and retrieved in the future while retaining its purchasing power over time.
Durability:
Portability:
Fungibility:
Verifiability:
Divisibility:
Scarcity:
Long History:
Censorship Resistance:
Score:
Bitcoin ++
Bitcoin ++
Bitcoin ++
Bitcoin ++
Bitcoin ++
Bitcoin ++
Bitcoin -
Bitcoin ++
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13
Gold ++
Gold -
Gold +
Gold +
Gold -
Gold +
Gold ++
Gold +
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6
USD -
USD +
USD +
USD +
USD +
USD --
USD +
USD --
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