The asteroids are made of gold. Turns out, its not really that rare on a universal scale. The humans believe in a kind of 'artificial' scarcity, algorithmic. They call this "Bitcoin".
Most commerce on 22nd Century Earth is measured using Bitcoin-backed Gold trade coins. Of course the gold is worthless, but people seem to like its shine.
The asteroids are made of gold. Turns out, its not really that rare on a universal scale. The humans believe in a kind of 'artificial' scarcity, algorithmic. They call this "Bitcoin".
Most commerce on 22nd Century Earth is measured using Bitcoin-backed Gold trade coins. Of course the gold is worthless, but people seem to like its shine.