Bitcoin is the 8th Wonder of the World.
It has many qualities that make it so:
It solves a mathematics and engineering problem that humans have toiled over for millennia (the Byzantine Generals Problem).
Whoever solved that problem did so completely anonymously (immaculate conception).
Bitcoin defeats government money without force (pacifism for the win).
Even in our world of rapid technological expansion and innovation, Bitcoin thrives. Its simple and elegant protocol makes it far more logical for emerging technologies to utilize rather than try to destroy it (AI cannot co-opt it, quantum computing cannot hack it).
But perhaps most fascinating is how Bitcoin leverages modern technology, which typically allows for infinite digital replication (think AI generating millions of bots in seconds), and flips it on its head to establish absolute, finite scarcity—making it the only asset on earth with a truly fixed supply.
What else did I miss?
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