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Comment by RustyConsul

Also, not quite correct.

Bitcoin isn't figuratively a store of value, it actually is. The amount of bitcoin on DeFi, backing collateral for flash loans and Stablecoin minting is astounding.

>When you own a share of Square (or Visa, or PayPal) each time a transaction takes place on their network, a portion of that transaction (revenue minus costs) accrues to the company - and by extension increases the intrinsic value of your share.

All the V3 crypto protocols have exactly as you describe above. However, instead of the money going into the coffers of the company, it goes into a 'Development fund' That will award the crypto to people who have applied and been voted on by the community to launch a project/technology in the protocol. [1]

https://fintechs.fi/2021/10/29/as-parachain-auctions-launch-...

parent RustyConsul 5 years ago

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