Gold isn't “sound money.”

It’s sound mythology maintained by the few who benefit from the opacity.

Bitcoin didn’t just outcompete gold.

It revealed gold.

Empires love assets they can seize.

Cartels love assets that leave no trace.

Superpowers love assets they can hoard and lie about.

And governments love assets that require trust instead of proof.

But a global civilization built on:

transparency

verifiability

permissionless access

time-stamped truth

open auditing

incorruptible energy

…cannot rely on a metal that disappears into vaults and reappears in fiction.