Everyone wins with Bitcoin.
1. Investors win — it’s the scarcest asset on Earth. Store of value secured.
2. Corporates win — no counterparty risk, no inflation eating the treasury.
3. Retail savers win — escape fiat debasement, preserve time & labor.
4. Developing nations win — access to global money that can’t be devalued.
5. Builders win — open-source protocol, no permission needed to innovate.
6. Banks (who adapt) win — new rails, new trust, new business models.
7. Governments (if smart) win — anchor credibility to incorruptible money.
8. Society wins — low time preference, sound money, real accountability.
9. Miners win — turn energy + proof-of-work into incorruptible security.
10. Free speech wins — uncensorable money = uncensorable voice.
But…
11. Central bankers lose — no more money printer go brrr.
12. Crony bureaucrats lose — can’t hide theft behind inflation.
13. Authoritarians lose — can’t freeze what they can’t control.
14. Fiat gamblers lose — no printing to rescue bad bets.