Digital gold

When we call bitcoin “digital gold” there are two ways to understand that.

We do not mean that it is *like* gold, *but* digital. No.

We mean that it has all the properties of gold (that matter), AND all the properties of being digitally native.

It is like calling the internet a “digital newspaper.”

Unfortunately these simple metaphors are necessary to help the uninitiated quickly grok the necessary concepts to begin to go down the rabbit hole.

Location: Prague, Czechia

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