Is it possible to create artificial gold? 🤔✨
This topic was raised by CZ in a debate with Peter Schiff. Let's briefly analyze — is it possible? 👇
👉 Yes, technically possible — in nuclear reactors ⚛️
👉 Economically — pointless 💸
📌 Why is synthetic gold not competitive with real gold?
1️⃣ Astronomical price 🚀
A gram of "laboratory gold" costs $25–60 million, which is about 400,000 times more expensive than natural gold ⛏️
No commercial company can scale such production 💰❌
2️⃣ Radioactive impurities ☢️
Unstable isotopes are produced, which require aging, protection, and control — expensive and time-consuming ⏳🛡️
💡 And the main point:
Even if the technology became cheaper, it would not be allowed to scale 🚫
Synthetic gold is too complex to produce and too expensive to be profitable.
And importantly — no one benefits from devaluing natural gold, on which financial assets and instruments rely 🌍🏦
🔑 Conclusion:
Gold remains gold not only in chemistry but also in economics 😉✨