"As a thought experiment, imagine there was a base metal as scarce as gold but with the following properties:
– boring grey in colour
– not a good conductor of electricity
– not particularly strong, but not ductile or easily malleable either
– not useful for any practical or ornamental purpose
and one special, magical property:
– can be transported over a zap on nostr
If it somehow acquired any value at all for whatever reason, then anyone wanting to transfer wealth over a long distance, instantly, for free, could buy some, zap it, and earn zaps on it."