What is backing #bitcoin ?

Nothing. Bitcoin is the ‘thing’ that is doing the backing just as gold is the thing.

Both are portable, durable, recognizable, divisible, fungible & scarce. Bitcoin is also transmissible.

In essence gold and BTC are money, not currency.

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Actually, Bitcoin is backed by mathematical computing.

Aha! Then gold must be backed by atoms.

Gold is back by gold it self. Paper money is back by air