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Last updated on May 31st, 2025 at 09:58 pm
Gold has been the go-to store of value for centuries. It is scarce, durable, and globally recognized. It has backed empires and served investors for generations.
But today’s world moves faster. Transactions happen in seconds. Trust in institutions is fading. And for the first time in history, we have a store of value that’s built not from metal but from math.
Bitcoin doesn’t just compete with gold. It upgrades the entire concept of scarcity for a digital-first, post-trust world.
Let’s unpack why the future of wealth storage is written in code, not carved in metal.
📏 What Makes Something a Store of Value, Anyway?
A good store of value checks a few timeless boxes:
🛡️ Durable — it doesn’t degrade over time
🚀 Portable — easy to move and store
📉 Scarce — supply is limited and hard to manipulate
🌎 Recognized — accepted across markets and borders
📏 Divisible — can be split into usable pieces
Gold performs well in most of these categories. That’s why it’s lasted. But Bitcoin? It doesn’t just check the boxes. It redefines them.
Take durability. Bitcoin is immutable. It can’t be altered or debased, and that’s a big deal. For centuries, governments have manipulated money in times of war or crisis. Monarchs shaved gold coins between the 13th and 18th centuries or mixed them with lesser metals to quietly fund their ambitions, robbing the wealth of preindustrial society by artificially inflating the amount of gold in circulation.
The result? … Inflation, of course.
Sound familiar?
Today, central banks around the world print fiat money (U.S. Dollars, Euros, Francs, Pounds etc.) out of thin air.
The result? A rising cost of living, stagnant wages, and a shrinking middle class. This Pew Research Center report shows how far purchasing power has eroded over the past 50 years.
Bitcoin fixes this by removing the power to manipulate money entirely.
🧱 Scarcity: Gold’s Legacy, Bitcoin’s Superpower
Gold is scarce because it’s physically hard to mine, which gives it value. However, its total supply is unknown, and centralized institutions decide how much sits in vaults. This is dangerous because average citizens cannot freely access this valuable asset.
Bitcoin is scarce by code.
There will only ever be 21 million Bitcoins. No government, central bank, or individual — not even Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin— can change that.
Its emission schedule is public (anyone can see it) and predictable (meaning the rate at which Bitcoin is mined has a cadence). Demand is only increasing as adoption grows from everyday savers (like you and me) to corporations and governments.
The harder it is to create, the more valuable it becomes.
🔄 Portability and Divisibility: Gold Can’t Keep Up
Try moving one million dollars in gold. You’ll need trucks, guards, and paperwork. This makes moving around this precious metal costly!
Now try it with Bitcoin. All you need is a phone and a private key. This makes it highly portable!
Bitcoin is also divisible into 100 million sats per coin. Whether you’re sending five dollars or five million, it’s seamless and scalable—there’s no need to chop up metal bars.
Bitcoin is portable, digital, and borderless. There are no storage costs and no middlemen. There are no mounting fees to complete the job due to external labor, but only one much smaller transaction fee.
👀 Transparency and Auditability: Bitcoin Has Nothing to Hide
Gold requires trust. You need to believe vaults have what they claim.
Bitcoin requires zero trust. Everything is verifiable, 24/7, anywhere in the world.
Every transaction. Every coin. And every wallet. All visible on-chain.
Anyone can audit a Bitcoin wallet if they know the address. Try doing that with a country’s gold reserves and see how far you get.
There will be no more “trust me, bro.” from a seemingly qualified appraiser (typically a government employee, and they always tell the truth, HA!). Bitcoin is just open-source code visible to everyone, and it mitigates horrifying questions like this.
🛠️ So, Is Gold Dead? No. But It’s Outpaced
Gold still holds cultural weight. It’s tangible, familiar, and has history. This is why investors flock to it every time a financial crisis appears on the horizon.
But in a borderless, internet-native economy, Bitcoin just works better. It’s programmable, portable, and purpose-built for today’s global financial infrastructure.
Just this past week, as of May 21, 2025, the total market cap of Bitcoin reached $2.1 trillion U.S. dollars, surpassing Google to become the sixth largest asset in the world! This is after passing up Silver on November 11, 2024.
If you see an asset with these many characteristics as the leading asset (Gold) and how fast it’s growing, it’s hard to ignore its potential. There will be plenty of growth until Bitcoin reaches number one, so we’re very early!
If you’re holding gold, you’re anchoring to the past.
If you’re holding Bitcoin, you’re building for the future.
💡 Conclusion: Scarcity Still Matters. But Trust Doesn’t Have To
This post ties into a bigger question I’ve been exploring.
What role will Bitcoin play as a long-term store of value, and how does it compare to traditional assets like gold?
The deeper I go, the clearer it becomes.
Bitcoin doesn’t just match gold. It eclipses it. Scarcity without borders. Security without trust. Ownership without permission.
This isn’t just a technology shift.
It’s a monetary regime change.
What are your thoughts on Bitcoin as a gold-like assset? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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