i don’t think there’s any shortcuts, the answer is in human nature: our desire to acquire collectibles with verifiable unforgeable costliness.

the nature of the collectible doesn’t matter, it’s the verifiable unforgeable costliness.

gold being physical is a detriment when bitcoins costliness is easier to verify (leading zeros on latest block hash).

if you haven’t, read szabo 10 times:

https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/shelling-out/