Comment by didibus

It was in the context of the argument. What's more real about Bitcoin than bonds, options, or stock?

It felt like "real" referred to the physical: gold, food, energy, minerals, real physical things that people have a constant demand for.

It was funny to spot the odd entry, where bitcoins are fully digital and have a very socially dependent agreement and entire digital infrastructure required to keep them functioning.

Gold has a bit of a social agreement as well, but it's social agreement dates thousands of years and even if it broke away still has value as a physical material.