eli5 Why is Gold worth anything?

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Saw this video about gold, it’s chemical structure and malleability. I still don’t understand why gold is worth anything at all……

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People keep mentioning how it looks pretty and it doesn’t oxidize but I don’t see a lot of people talking about the use of gold in microchips and other circuitry. Gold is very useful for high-tech devices.

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