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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For multiple reasons:

Scarcity

It’s beautiful

It’s used to manufacture tons of things

It was easy to turn into coins and jewelry because it’s soft

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