To prevent this from happening again, the customer converted his cash into gold and silver, which he sees as a
more reliable store of value.
I would highly urge investors to ensure a portion of their portfolio is in a
historically reliable store of value — investment - grade municipal bonds, for instance, and gold bullion and gold mining stocks.
Furthermore, Russia's currency is a far
less reliable store of value than the «Western» currencies — partly because of Russia's 70 year long bankruptcy under Communism, partly because of Russia's multi-year long bankruptcy emerging from Communism, partly because its dedication to rule - of - law is much younger than the West's, partly because its financial firms are much smaller and younger than the West's.
After all, even gold — arguably the world's most
reliable store of value with more than 4,000 years of history of being such — is still struggling to breach the $ 1,300 mark, even in the wake of increasing global political and financial uncertainty.
Gold has proved to be
a reliable store of value over the long term as dollars have lost purchasing power.
That said, gold has proven itself as
a reliable store of value for millennia; its universal appeal means that it can be converted to cash anywhere in the world; and its value is not limited by the border of any one jurisdiction.
In this light, Garzik framed metronome as seeking to offer a utility to those who want a more
reliable store of value and foundation for distributed applications.
It should be no surprise to bitcoin users that ever since bitcoin became
a reliable store of value, malicious hackers would want to target bitcoin wallets in attempts to steal funds.
If users can be clear on the underlying asset then gold - backed cryptocurrency can be
a reliable store of value.