pastry Profile picture
Jul 9, 2021 25 tweets 11 min read Read on X
24 reasons #Bitcoin is undervalued...👇🏼
1. Sound Money

Bitcoin is the most efficient form of sound money in existence.

It has historically maintained its value, has sufficient liquidity to buy or sell at any given time, is durable, portable, divisible, & it’s censorship resistant.

#Bitcoin is money for the people.
2. Scarcity

$BTC is the first asset in existence whose supply is strictly limited.

No matter how many people join the network, how much the value rises, or just how advanced the equipment is that mines it, there will never be more than 21m $BTC in existence.
3. SOV

Because of this strict limitation in supply, there is no technical possibility of increasing its supply to match an increase in demand.

In this way, $BTC acts as a whole new type of asset class, and may be one of the most efficient forms of a store of value ever seen.
4. Liquidity

$BTC has proven liquidity with large investors making trades in the billions of dollars

Institutions can buy or sell a tremendous amount of #Bitcoin through OTC markets or on the markets with minimal impact on price

Elon Musk & Tesla proved this a few weeks ago
5. Durability

Durability is a major issue for fiat currencies in their physical form.

U.S dollars can be counterfeited, torn, or otherwise rendered useless.

Bitcoin, however, is immutable, and is as durable as the hardware you use to store it.
6. Portability

$BTC is borderless and never sleeps, any amount can be sent across the world over the internet 24/7/365

This makes it not only portable, but also censorship resistant. Regardless of financial conditions, whether it be a pandemic or recession, $BTC is easy to move
7. Divisibility

A core characteristic of sound money is in its ease to transact.

$BTC is divisible up to 8 decimal points. The smallest unit, a “Satoshi”, is equal to .00000001 $BTC, allowing for quadrillions of individual units to be distributed throughout a global economy.
8. Decentralization

The #Bitcoin protocol is secured by thousands of nodes distributed all across the globe.

Because of this, the network maintains uptime and is resistant to any single point of failure.

Anyone & everyone can participate in and help secure the $BTC network
9. Cutting out the middleman

Trust is hard coded in the #bitcoin protocol.

Instead of instilling our trust in banks or other financial intermediaries, we can instead place it in a distributed network of computers that allows for a peer to peer economy.
10. Transparency

All transactions in $BTC are broadcasted out to the network & stored on an immutable ledger accessible to anyone at any time.

Everyone is in agreement with the current state of the ledger, & participants always have the ability to check up on and verify it.
11. Security

$BTC uses SHA256, defined as one of the most secure ways to protect digital information.

The complexity of SHA256 & POW makes it not only prohibitively expensive, but virtually infeasible for a malicious actor to rewrite or reverse transactions.
12. First Mover Advantage

$BTC has a 1st mover advantage as a notable cryptocurrency & has developed a powerful network effect

It’s ability to combine network effects in the likes of Facebook along w a monetary incentive has led to growth never seen before on a massive scale
13. Adoption

The robustness & feasibility of $BTC as a digital payment solution has garnered the attention from the largest names in the financial sector

VISA, Square, PayPal, & even an entire country have expressed their interests in $BTC

$BTC is coming & it’s coming quick.
14. Institutions

$BTC has proven itself as a store of value with significant liquidity, & has outperformed every asset class in existence

Because of this it’s gained lots of interest from institutions such as Tesla, $MSTG, & Greyscale $BTC trust

Combined, they own ~789k $BTC
15. ETF’s

An ETF would pave the way for institutions, hedge funds, businesses, and less tech savvy individuals to buy #Bitcoin

Acceptance of $BTC as an ETF will allow for hundreds of billions of new dollars to flow into the market.
16. #Bitcoin vs Internet

#BTC is growing at a rate which has never been seen before

One of the most prominent displays of the power of Metcalf’s law & exponential growth to date is the internet, & $BTC is growing quicker than it

Think about that.
17. Relative Size

#BTC has many technical advantages over gold as a SOV, but still has yet to take a significant amount of its market share

However, $BTC is growing quick, & will inevitably eat into a large portion of that share as the world turns to a more digital future
18. Digital Gold

$BTC has proven to be a significant competitor to gold, and is arguably better as a SOV bc of its digital aspect & the ability to send any amount across the world in minutes

In many ways $BTC outperforms its competitor despite being a fraction of its market cap
19. Layer 2

There are numerous efforts working towards scaling $BTC, with the most notable being Lighting Network

It allows for instant, high volume micropayments, & is capable of handling many txs per second, bringing $BTC speed to levels never seen before
20. “Banking the unbanked”

With just a smartphone & internet connection, anyone can start using $BTC to send & receive money.

$BTC has the potential to help the unbanked by allowing them to create their own financial alternatives in an efficient, transparent, & scalable manner
21. Incentivizes renewable energy

#Bitcoin can act as a buyer of last resort to monetize energy sources where it previously was not possible

Isolated energy sources can connect to the grid & participate in the economy

This is one of the reasons mining is so popular in China
22. Inflation

Inflation in gov issued fiat currencies is rampant in third worlds countries and the United States, & has only shown signs of increasing.

As of Dec 16th 2020, 35% of all the US dollars ever printed by the gov were printed in the last 10 months

#bitcoin fixes this
23. Our Only Exit

Since the inception of gov issued fiat currencies, nations across the globe have been plagued with unlimited printing by irresponsible governments

The current system is not designed to succeed, but rather to delay its ongoing & inevitable destruction.
24. A whole new type of asset class

On top of being the ultimate form of sound money, $BTC achieves powerful network effects bc every user benefits by bringing new users to the network

Think about it as if the internet had its own token, & we were on the ground floor.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with pastry

pastry Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @PastryEth

Jun 23
$24 million dollars, luxury watches, and the largest sim swap hack ever.

this is how teenage gamers became the most wanted cybercriminals, their entire empire collapsing from greed before they could even drive..🧁
this story begins with ellis pinsky, who at 13, loved video games and trash-talking other players.

one night - he took the trash talking too far.

after a match, a player messaged him: "how's the weather in irvington?"

his heart sank.. Image
how did he know where he lived?

ellis shut off the game.

this was the next level of the game, he thought.

the internet held many secrets, and he wanted to unravel them all.

this new game of hacking stimulated him more than video games ever could..
Read 25 tweets
Jun 14
Hacking time to recover $3m worth of lost Bitcoin.

Sounds crazy, right?

This is how two white hackers cracked an 11 year old password behind this massive fortune.. 🧁
In 2013, an anonymous crypto user, 'Michael,' purchased 43.6 BTC (approximately $5,000 at the time).

He stored the BTC in a password-protected digital wallet.

The password, a 20-character string, was created randomly using a password generator called RoboForm. Image
Too paranoid to store the password inside RoboForm, Michael uploaded it to an encryption tool called TrueCrypt.

Good enough.. Or so he thought.

Eventually, the container storing his password got corrupted.

Any hopes of accessing it was gone.
Read 28 tweets
Dec 30, 2023
In February 2022, government agents swiftly entered a high-rise in NYC.

Their target: two individuals with over $4.5 billion in stolen crypto assets.

Their findings unraveled a fascinating story behind what is now the largest crypto seizure ever..🧁
Image
Image
This sum of money stems from a fateful evening on August 2nd, 2016.

On this day, investors were faced with terrible news: A crypto exchange had been hacked for 125,000 BTC.

Immediately succeeding the news, the price of Bitcoin plummeted 20%+. Image
The culprits?

No, it wasn't a group of North Korean hackers, or some teenage prodigies.

Instead, we have Heather Morgan, also referred to as "Razzlekhan."

Heather is a self-proclaimed economist, software CEO, and rapper.
Read 25 tweets
Apr 13, 2023
Layer 2 rollups have helped Ethereum scale by an order of magnitude.

Soon, there will be an upgrade that will reduce the cost of them by 10-100x, and shepherd in a new era of low cost on-chain activity..🧁
What is EIP-4844?

EIP-4844, also referred to as "Proto Danksharding" is an upgrade to Ethereum moving towards adopting an architecture called "sharding."
Sharding is a method that improves scalability by dividing a blockchain network into smaller units called ‘shards.’

Such a system enables multiple shards to process transactions in parallel, drastically improving scalability. Image
Read 10 tweets
Mar 17, 2023
How much will the @arbitrum airdrop be worth?

Let's dive into the protocol and compare it to its competitor to make an educated guess on how much one $ARB might be worth..🧁
Arbitrum and its competitor Optimism are layer 2 solutions designed to help Ethereum scale.

Layer 2 solutions process transactions off-chain, allowing for faster and cheaper transactions that are then settled on Ethereum.
Both Arbitrum and Optimism use a technology called Optimistic Rollups to bundle txs into a single proof and submit it back to Ethereum mainnet.

They differ in their smart contract compatibility, dispute resolution mechanisms, block confirmation times, & withdrawal periods.
Read 12 tweets
Mar 14, 2023
Recent events have shed light on how fragile our stablecoin ecosystem is.

Many are still reliant on centralized parties and expose us to their risks.

For this reason, I think we will see a huge shift toward decentralized stablecoins.

Below is my best bet on this narrative..🧁
Before jumping straight into the protocol in question, I would like to point out a few things about what unfolded this past week.

While a great stress test, it should raise some important questions for those involved in the cryptocurrency space.
Namely:

"Is it really decentralized finance if the fault of a single bank could result in our downfall?"

"Have we placed too much trust in centralized parties?"

"Has crypto become too dollar dependent?"

If you haven't asked yourselves these questions, the time is now.
Read 19 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(