Maple AI:
Prompt: "Does the concept of economic nodes matter in a contentious, soft fork?"
Conclusion/Summary:
"While technical nodes enforce the *consensus rules* locally, and miners build the chain, **economic nodes determine which set of rules and which chain has economic relevance and value.** In a contentious soft fork, where miner signaling may be insufficient or divided, the coordinated stance of major economic players becomes the critical factor. They can force miner compliance through UASF threats or determine the surviving chain in the event of a split. Their actions ultimately reflect and shape the broader economic consensus within the Bitcoin ecosystem."
People are buy Gold?
Not really. They are buying paper. Actually a digital certificate that is a proxy for paper, that is a proxy for Gold.
It will likey be easier however to covert the digital paper token to BTC, compared to pawing the physical gold rock.
The flows from digital paper gold to BTC will be epic