Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold while creating clean energy
3 gurjeet 3 9/4/2025, 2:18:40 AM phys.org ↗
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gnabgib · 1d ago
Discussed recently (65 points, 2 months ago, 101 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44610491
WantonQuantum · 1d ago
The actual paper on arxiv.org (https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13461) says that they _predict_ the ability to create gold from mercury using _simulations_.
airbreather · 1d ago
If this eventuates, then maybe bitcoin is more useful, the scarcity and distributed nature of findable gold are a key aspect of it's utility/value.