Posts by Lisa White10

Utility comes down to one thing: cost.

Silver conductors are basically a myth at this point. It makes sense—silver’s conductivity is only about 5.6% better than copper. Why bother?
Silver batteries have become a niche curiosity too. They used to be more common, but newer tech pushed them out, even though they offer 30-50% better performance.
Silver halides were once the gold standard in photography. Again, a different technology took over—specifically CCD sensors.
It's the same story everywhere.

Nothing is irreplaceable.
No one is indispensable.

If there's an obstacle to using something, a substitute will always appear. Even if it means sacrificing quality.
And price? That's usually the biggest obstacle of all.

Robert Vaughn10 said:Just stop using silver then.😉
It’s a high-value metal across multiple industries.

Oh, please, Robert Vaughn10.
Stop burning fuel just to cater to big corporations. Try actually reading what people are saying with a bit of common sense.

Silver costs six times more than copper, yet only offers a 6% boost in conductivity. So, math tells us you'd need to use 6% more copper than silver just to match the resistance.

Because of that massive price tag, nobody uses silver for wiring. It basically priced itself out of the market.

Robert Vaughn10 said:Every product and service has its buyer. Just watch those ratios carefully if you want to actually make it happen. No shade intended; good luck with that.
Especially the Bitcoin crowd. There are definitely some parallels here...
Sure, anyone smart enough to pull this off could come out ahead, and if they do, good for them.
However, I have a casual question: personally, I think people might get burned. Why introduce Bitcoin futures at all? Imagine the price of Bitcoin skyrockets. "Certain people" might feel the itch to go short. Say, from $90,000 down to $70,000, followed by a new accumulation phase, then another drop. A person might think they've hit the dip, only for a "bank" to push the price further down while they're stuck in a short.
Four years, and some claim the six-year bear cycles in precious metals teach their own lessons...
Silver is a physical commodity—both a monetary and industrial metal. It's the best conductor on the planet, and demand is only going up. Meanwhile, the sellers are disappearing.😉

That doesn't actually change anything. Silver cables? Please. That's just pure snake oil used to justify overpriced audio gear.

Check this out—take a look at the differences in the SVM/multiplexer graph...