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Bitcoin: one chart that shows how EARLY we truly are
429 sats \ 11 comments \ @79c9095526 17 Apr bitcoin
This chart is quite humbling in my understanding of how early we are. The shiny rock in just the last few months added more than 5 entire bitcoin market caps to its market cap.
We are but a tiny fish swimming around in a massive ocean. It looks like the central banks of the world have, at least thus far, chosen gold as their fighter of choice in this tariff battle. Hopefully bitcoin can start gaining some traction soon.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @zapsammy 17 Apr
gold maxis can HFSP playing with their shiny rocks. my retired boomer friend once told me in all seriousness that if gold takes off, people will surely learn how to use the scales and spectral analysis devices in order to trade with each other. that was funny.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @79c9095526 OP 18 Apr
Bitcoin is substantially better than gold in every respect except for lifespan.
I don't think people will ever go back to using gold as a money, but its usefulness would be as a reserve asset or a savings asset. To be fair, that is how the vast majority of bitcoin is used today. Unlike gold though, bitcoin has the potential to be used as a day to day money as well, although gun to my head I would bet that doesn't happen.
My guess is, at least in my lifetime, bitcoin will be a savings tool and fiat will continue to be the medium of exchange. Best case, something like e-cash may gain some adoption which can easily be converted to bitcoin, but again I would guess this is a sub 5% adoption across the world in my lifetime.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 19h
lightning is bitcoin, and lightning network is bitcoin network. the network is already used as money. if not used as money, it is useless for the purpose of transitioning people from the demonic fiat system (decreed by a few men) into a sovereign state of mind. people have to use bitcoin, otherwise everyone will remain a slave. as long as a substantial amount of people remain under mind control, we are all under mind control. if that's what humanity wants, that's what it deserves.
P.S. i reject the idea of money as we know it as necessary for evolution of consciousness, because real money is one's mind (mono-eye) synced to the collective consciousness. technocrats want to create a similar but inverted system of mono-eyes, that they control. that system results in devolution and eventually annihilation of collective consciousness.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 17 Apr
It does put things into perspective doesn't it.
Still, it's true that Bitcoin is a 100x better alternative to gold. At some point we all need to learn that.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 18 Apr
Let’s check back on this chart again in 10 years. BItcoin is only like 15 years old whereas gold has been in use across the globe for over 2000 years. People who get a hard-on for this recent pump need to zoom out.
I’d be willing to bet quite a bit that Bitcoin will be a much better tool for sending value 10,000 days into the future than gold is.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @79c9095526 OP 18 Apr
I agree with you that bitcoin should go up more in percentage terms than gold in 10 years. But I'd be willing to wager gold will have a higher market cap than bitcoin in a decade.
The powers that be prefer the fact that gold is hard to audit and is difficult to self custody and so in the midst of this tariff upheaval we see central banks hoovering up as much gold as they can. I have yet to hear of one country that is (at least publicly) saying they are buying meaningful amounts of bitcoin (and the price action reflects this).
What we perceive as gold's weaknesses, to a nation state actor, are a feature not a bug. They don't want easy custody, 10 minute settlement, the ability to move across borders with 12 words in your head, etc...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 18h
The powers that be prefer the fact that gold is hard to audit and is difficult to self custody and so in the midst of this tariff upheaval we see central banks hoovering up as much gold as they can.
What we perceive as gold's weaknesses, to a nation state actor, are a feature not a bug.
Perfectly articulated.
I couldn't agree more.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @j7hB75 18 Apr
@remindme in 10 years
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sagars209 22h
Gold is for Central banks and Bitcoin is for Sovereign plebs
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TadiRetata 22h
Your reaction is spot on—this chart really puts things in perspective. As of April 2025, Bitcoin’s market cap is about $1.69 trillion, which is impressive but still dwarfed by gold and the moves central banks have made recently
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 18 Apr
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