The question is worth asking: Does Bitcoin offer a better guarantee of scarcity than traditional gold?



The numbers tell an interesting story. Since 2022, gold has experienced a respectable growth with a 166% increase. But Bitcoin? It has surged by 360% over the same period. This difference in performance reflects much more than mere volatility—it illustrates how the market values assets with fundamentally different approaches to scarcity.

Cathie Wood, a major figure in the digital asset investment sector, sees Bitcoin as a superior substitute for gold. Her reasoning is based on a solid argument: Bitcoin's supply is irreversibly coded and limited to 21 million coins. Gold, on the other hand, remains subject to geological discoveries and evolving mining practices.

This distinction between programmed scarcity and physical scarcity raises fundamental questions about the very nature of the safe haven asset in the digital age.
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GasFeeNightmarevip
· 12h ago
360% vs 166%?Is this price difference really something I can save on late at night when checking gas tracker... After calculating carefully, I found it's not even enough to pay the miner tips, laughing and crying
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ThesisInvestorvip
· 12h ago
I've heard Cathie Wood's logic hundreds of times, but can 21 million BTC really hold? Human nature...
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SerNgmivip
· 12h ago
BTC's 360% vs gold's 166%, the gap is indeed huge... but can it be compared? The centuries-long consensus on gold vs. Bitcoin's less than 20-year story, the logic is a bit tough.
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TrustlessMaximalistvip
· 12h ago
BTC's 360% increase is indeed remarkable, but the stark contrast between the certainty of code and the uncertainty of mining really hits home. The 21 million hard cap will never change—what about gold? Who can say for sure? fr
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PensionDestroyervip
· 12h ago
360% vs 166%... yeah ok but can we stop pretending bitcoin's "coded scarcity" is literally immutable lol. fork happens, narrative changes, suddenly it's not so irreversible anymore ngl. gold at least won't betray you via a contentious hard fork or whatever. cathie wood's been wrong before tbh
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