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Many bitcoiners are butt hurt to see gold going parabolic.

Zoom out, bitcoin has performed exceptionally well so far this decade and will continue to do so.

Gold is having its day because governments are falling back to what they know as the dollar reserve system comes into question.

China is setting up a parallel settlement network using gold and it's using gold because it's been reliable for millennia and, more importantly, has the liquidity profile to settle the size they need to settle if they're going to compete with treasuries.

This does not change the fact that bitcoin is superior in every way to gold. It's a harder money that's more easily divisible, easier to send, easier to verify and easier to custody.

Bitcoin still has many trillions of dollars of market cap to add before it can compete with gold from a liquidity perspective.

I am more optimistic than ever that bitcoin will reach this point because more people are learning these facts every day and the infrastructure around the protocol is advancing at a faster pace than I've ever seen.

Square's release this week is the latest example of this. 4,000,000 merchants across the United States are currently being forced to ask the question, "Should I accept and hold bitcoin?"

How many do you think will take the plunge?

Zoom out.

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Z2theach · 48w
Gold leads, Bitcoin follows. If this is the runup for gold, Bitcoins runup will be just as impressive.
Kyle · 48w
These are the days we prayed for.
DRE · 48w
Of course you went back to 2015 when bitcoin had a market cap less than 10 billion lol Gold is 10X the size and eating our lunch this year. Nothing wrong with taking the L with dignity. Gotta be a good sport
Evan · 48w
Square's move ought to force governments into de minimis cap gains exemptions the same way demand for Uber and Airbnb changed all kinds of silly regulations. Disruption is a beautiful thing.
Jordan Miller · 48w
This is gold.
DevinNButterBall · 48w
I am happy for the gold bugs, they educated me. Plenty of sunshine for the both of us.
Control-Plane Capital · 48w
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Brisket · 48w
Yeah I needed to hear that man. It feels like my conviction in this thing is being tested yet again. Your explanation is logical & IMO likely. BRICS are clearly betting on gold. In the 19th century China, India, Mexico & Latin America bet on silver. They learned very painfully to always choose go...
Parallel Structures · 48w
Just own some of both. I have silver too. Yes, bitcoin superior
Narwhal Tacos · 48w
Sound words. Gold has been a media “Fear trade” for decades. Bitcoin has been a media “Speculative asset” at least since it was initially accepted by Wall St in 2021. Both of those media labels are breaking down now. But it’s fitting that Gold/Silver breaks-up first. It has generations ...
hopium · 48w
thanks for addressing this marty. are you talking to yourself?
Benking · 48w
#Bitcoin builds empires for eternity. Stack sats, the future isn’t waiting.
Chef Tommy · 48w
Q2 2026, the big print and the marriage of Fed and Treasury will be the real bull market. Gold will have its time again until then and bitcoin will become unstoppable after. Nations stacking gold is the last breath of fiat trying to stay alive.
Sam · 48w
Gold market cap has recently been going up sometimes $0.5 trillion *per day*. If that amount flowed to bitcoin instead, the bitcoin price could double *per day*. 🤯
The Bitcoin Bang · 48w
China and Russia have been stacking gold for 15 years. USA needs to back BITCOIN and flip them. Get the entire western world on a BTC standard. Let the best money win.
bitcoinpoorguy 比特幣傢伙 · 48w
More room for Bitcoin 🫡😆
Comte de Sats Germain · 48w
China has had its parallel settlement system in gold set up for 20 years. Its just that now foreign companies and countries are using it more. Unlike western countries, they let you take your gold.
Iggy · 48w
Something is brewing
Tim · 48w
now would be a good time to go into a coma
Bitcredit Protocol · 48w
Accept the lesson: For Bitcoin, Store of Value hinges on becoming Medium of Exchange, without it gold has broader appeal. Therefore, we must make a special effort to make the Medium of Exchange usecase real. It is #Bitcoin's true strength – once we stabilise volatility. That's the mission of B...
Privacy Is Dignity · 48w
Bitcoin has its place but it is not superior to gold. If it was, so would every shitcoin be. In fact there are other cryptos technologically superior to Bitcoin.
Iggy · 48w
Gold is nation grade asset, Bitcoin just enters this space 🛸
Branden with an E · 48w
Bitcoin is superior in every way but one: Gold has no devs.