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I print documents and photos at home regularly but I still contract out to dedicated print shops.

The print shop can’t replicate the practicality of local printing and I can’t replicate their scale of investment. Both coexist perfectly.

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Print-outs are a physical good. Tokens aren't.

They are both fungible. You can replace one with the other.

How does that relate to my comment. I didn't say anything about the fungibility of either. Physical goods have wildly different logistical constraints compared to anything digital. This, and only this, I would argue, makes their production at home attractive to consumers. Tokens just don't have these properties.

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