Adebayo, gold is no more money than a ten-dollar bill or a tulip bulb.

Gold is a commodity that, through the centuries, has been used as a currency because it was distinct and undestroyable.

Money is the strength of a promise to deliver goods or services. It doesn't have an intrinsic value and can be created by work and innovation.

I don't know the exact history of moving from the gold standard. It likely became cumbersome and irrelevant.

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