I watched the movie Jerry and Marge Go Large last week and a particular scene stood out to me.
In this movie the protagonist figures out that the local lottery has a mathematical mistake that shifts the odds in the favor of the players when they invest large enough amounts.
He successfully tests his theory and wins thousands. He goes to his family members and his adult son is listening to him explain that the math is foolproof, but the son says he's not interested. He's not interested because he just doesn't understand the math behind it.
I have always found math relatively intuitive and easy to understand and extrapolate in my head. The longer I think about all the self reinforcing aspects of Bitcoin, and how it compares to our broken monetary system, the more confident I am that it is mathematically CERTAIN to succeed.
I try to explain the reasons to others but few listen and respond positively simply because, like the son in the movie, they don't understand the math. They're afraid.
The negativity we receive in response to our voicing how significant of a global evolution Bitcoin represents, is simply due to the fact that nobody understands any of the math behind it that supports our confidence.
Bitcoin is not an invention, it is a corralling of the mathematical truth that a static number grows more valuable relative to a growing number. Satoshi simply figured out how to create a way for us to apply that math to money and value, and it enables everyone everywhere to preserve their value for all time.
Humans will never stop creating more stuff and more humans, but we will never create more than ₿21,000,000.
This is to what ♾️/21M refers. Infinite and endless human growth and productivity, divided by a static number of 21M ₿.
No matter how many people there are, no matter how much energy or effort is exerted in an attempt to change it, the number of Bitcoins will NEVER change.
Future generations will look back and catalogue world history as the time before Bitcoin, and the time after. Because the more stable and unchanging of a foundation we build upon, the grander and larger our projects can be. Bitcoin is the financial equivalent of solid bedrock, and it truly enables us to create a society only dreamt of in sci-fi of years passed.
Figuring out how to fairly capture the perpetual value growth of all of humanities efforts combined, for the benefit of everyone through Bitcoin, is what I believe will be considered the most important milestone in human history.
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