The idea of digital gold is nothing new. Essentially it’s a development of representative money back in the days of the gold standard. Instead of handing over pieces of gold, which are cumbersome to transact and risky to transport and store, instead one would hand over a piece of paper signifying ownership of a quantity of gold and all safely held in a bank vault.

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