𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆

I’ve been sorting through my corpus of Bitcoin knowledge, and found some of @npub1jt97tpsul3fp8hvf7zn0vzzysmu9umcrel4hpgflg4vnsytyxwuqt8la9y’s work that would have blown my mind, if I had one.

The particular book I was reviewing deserves a whole tweet of its own, but this single idea from it will change everything you thought you knew about #Bitcoin.

At the most fundamental level, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Quantum physics reveals that the smallest particles are also waves, and everything exists in a state of probability, not certainty.

All the elements on the Periodic Table, like gold, emerge from this base layer of pure information in complex ways, which gives them mass and tangibility.

One of the most common critiques of Bitcoin is its 𝘪𝘯tangibility, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. Tangibility and mass are detrimental to the ideal properties of money, particularly portability and divisibility.

𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙗𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩. Therefore, Bitcoin is as 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 as gold or anything else on the Periodic Table, without the disadvantages that result from having mass.

If Bitcoin were placed on the Periodic Table, it would be a category all its own, just to the left of hydrogen:

This massless property of a nevertheless real and perfectly scarce element makes 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 “𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲” 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆.

And since everything at the quantum level is a single 𝘣𝘪𝘵 of information — a 1 or a 0, a Yes or a No, and True or a False — when we say “bit-coin”, we could just as well say “𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮”.

Do you agree?

Would you like to see Bitcoin on the Periodic Table?

Tell me why or why not in the comments! ⬇️

And be sure to 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 this for later, so you can impress your friends with your understanding of quantum physics. 😉