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Not too far off. Seashells, wampum, and gold were basically collectibles. The crucial factor which distinguishes gold from diamonds, rai stones before and after new methods of mining were introduced, Bitcoin from crypto, is the stock to flow ratio.
In another universe, I could imagine an iteration of Bitcoin being introduced by a private company experimenting with virtual tokens as a collectible trading game, and eventually taking on a life of its own. We're lucky that Satoshi gave us a more compelling history than that, but "collectible novelty" was certainly an aspect of the monetization process.
I've read about that, but I think that currently the concept of digital collectibles is more related to NFTs.
I'd argue that collectibles isn't a wrong term, but it does carry some unwanted associations to things like beanie babies and NFTs.
Sounded a bit off to me too. What should I have said instead? "Token"? I don't really like that term either.
Bitcoin is money just like USD and EUR. And it can be traded like USD/EUR pairs.
Bitcoin is a stateless money, like digital gold
That part sounded a bit off!