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Bitcoin as digital gold Since centuries ago, gold has been seen as a high-value object by many groups of people in the world. It is important to know that gold itself has no value - gold is just a shiny stone. The value of gold comes from the fact (which is somewhat confusing) that everyone agrees that gold has a certain value, and therefore gold is considered valuable. The reason why people choose gold over other objects is important to understand - because gold has certain characteristics that make it a better store of value than other objects: First, gold is rare. That is, the amount of gold is limited (there is only so much gold in the world - if it is too much then everyone can have it and gold will not have any value). Gold is also soft (gold can be melted and shaped into various small units such as coins, and more importantly when you change its shape into smaller units, it will not lose its value - unlike diamonds). Gold is also stable and does not experience degradation, is easy to recognize and difficult to imitate (made a fake imitation). Bitcoin has all the same characteristics as gold. The number of Bitcoin is limited (there is only a certain amount to be produced), Bitcoin can be broken down into smaller units without losing the value of that unit (1 Bitcoin = 100,000,000 Satoshi - the smallest unit of Bitcoin, just like cents in Dollars or pennies in Pounds, so we can buy less than one Bitcoin), Bitcoin technology is also stable and will not experience degradation, also impossible to make fake Bitcoin. In addition, unlike gold, you can move Bitcoin anywhere in the world in minutes, regardless of the amount of Bitcoin. That is why people refer to Bitcoin as digital gold, but digital gold is better. Bitcoin also has value as a payment system. The more people use Bitcoin for payments, the more valuable this payment system will be. Buying Bitcoin is like buying Visa shares, then using these shares to buy soda at 7-11. Because you pay with your Visa stock, the place to use Visa more and more, (payment system) Visa is increasingly widespread and more valuable, so that the value of Visa shares will become even more valuable (including the value of your own Visa shares!). The value of Bitcoin comes from these gold-like characteristics, and also functions as a payment system such as Visa. Bitcoin is like gold, but better.