Riddles

[1ForAll]

Aw no! You were meant to take longer so I had time for a good composition! <sigh!>

Ok, an easy (weak) one to bring in the new year!

I'm virtually real in every sense,
I challenge the rituals of pounds and pence.
I'm held in chains to lock the past tense,
And hide the tales of your expense.

A quote or quotation?

 

[AuAL]

Crypto?

 

[Boogs]

Crypto?

And what else could it be?

 

[Boogs]

A quote or quotation?

In a certain sense, I guess, but literal old me wouldn't have the capacity to come up with that!

I'm virtually real in every sense, - virtual cash
I challenge the rituals of pounds and pence. - see above
I'm held in chains to lock the past tense, - blockchains of course!
And hide the tales of your expense. - anonymises transactions

 

[AuAL]

I look like nought but may be of great value.
Sound like noise but am silent.
Born in fire, I am without end.
What am I?

 

[Boogs]

It don't quite fit, but 'big bang' is coming to mind.

 

[1ForAll]

I look like nought but may be of great value.
Sound like noise but am silent.
Born in fire, I am without end.
What am I?

Zippo?

 

[AuAL]

Neither of those.

 

[AuAL]

It don't quite fit, but 'big bang' is coming to mind.

A clever try, but way out of scale.

 

[Boogs]

Well on the other end of that spectrum, I could try Helium atom as an answer and it could even fit better (depending on one's pov)? But again, I know it's not on the button (yeah, I'm fishing for clues).

Diamond could fit but I can't work out line 2.

 

[AuAL]

A diamond might be getting close.

 

[1ForAll]

Metals, like wrought iron. Metal (Heavy) sounds noisy, and wrought rhymes with nought. The other clues not sure firs though, though iron type metals likely occur through intense heat/fire too.