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Originally Posted by NC82
Yes, you don't value a currency, you price it. Depending on the situation you can do that up to 3-6 months in advance. Longer time frames usually don't make much sense.
Currencies have no price beyond what their relation to something else. To ask 'what is the price of 1 US dollar' is a non-sequitur. It's of course, 1 US dollar. To ask 'what is the price of 1 bitcoin in US dollars' makes sense, because you're comparing the two.
For products and services, their values are stateable beyond what they
cost. For example, a hamburger might cost $5 US dollars, but it has value of itself beyond the money you can pay me for it. Currencies are both priceless and valueless on their own---they're simple methods of exchange.
No one gives a **** what bitcoin is worth beyond how many US dollars someone else will give you for it. And that's a big problem for anyone who thinks it's actually worth anything.