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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It’s shiny, and it stays shiny.

People like shiny things.

They’ll trade you lots of apples and salt and money to have shinies.

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