# Introduction

If were to effectively scrutinize the inefficiencies of traditional finance, we would have to look further beyond what we consider to be the key turning points in modern-day economics. In fact, we would have to look back hundreds of years.&#x20;

The most stable and concrete store of value that we’ve ever had in history is undoubtedly Gold. Gold set a standard for the store of value because of a few qualities that it exhibited. It was unique, scarce in supply, and desirable.&#x20;

Gold had a lot of use cases, the most important of which was as jewelry. This meant that Gold was almost unanimously accepted as a viable store of value. Additionally, a good store of value should be limited in supply. When the supply of an asset is inflated, the value suffers a downtrend. With Gold, the supply is always controlled and one can accurately find how much Gold is in a country’s reserves.&#x20;

This unanimous acceptance of Gold as a store of value and currency of trade is evident when you look at how we used Gold to buy and sell items before we had paper currency.
