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 only worth something in the sense that people are willing to pay a certain price for it. That gives it worth. If it had no worth people would not be willing to pay for it… but they are.

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