"Bitcoin Is Rooted in Our Instinct"
Human beings are uniquely aware of time. Unlike other creatures, we understand that our lives are finite,we are conscious of the fact that every passing moment is one we can never get back. This awareness creates an internal tension, a sense of urgency and responsibility. Our time on Earth is limited, so how we choose to spend it becomes one of the most important decisions we make on a daily basis. This deep awareness acts as an internal function, shaping how we think, act, and ultimately, how we relate to value.
Time is not just a measure of moments, it is the ultimate scarce resource. We all have a fixed amount of it, and no amount of desire, effort, or power can create more. Every action we take requires the expenditure of time and energy. Whether we’re working, thinking, building, or resting, we’re using up a non-renewable reserve. That means time is not just scarce,it is irreversibly spent. From this realization comes a natural instinct: if I must give up some of my time and energy today, I want to store the value of that sacrifice so it can benefit me in the future. This is the core function of money.
Money is humanity’s tool to preserve the fruits of sacrifice. When we work, we convert time and energy into something productive, and we want a way to store the outcome of that labor. But the quality of that store matters. If the medium in which we store our work (our money) can be diluted, inflated, or manipulated, then we are effectively losing what we’ve given. This is the tragedy of storing scarce life energy in non-scarce money. Inflation, devaluation, and political control all act as slow drains on our savings, eroding the value of our past efforts. Humans are not just economic actors,we are spiritual and temporal beings. We do not simply want to consume; we want to preserve, protect, and transmit our efforts to our future selves and to those we love.
This is why scarcity in money is not optional,it is essential. To be a good store of value, money must mimic the core traits of time: it must be finite, difficult to reproduce, and resistant to manipulation. Gold served this purpose for centuries because it is rare, hard to extract, and physically durable. People instinctively understood its value, not because someone told them it was valuable, but because it took real effort and energy to obtain it. In a sense, gold echoed the structure of time: you had to sacrifice energy to gain it, and once acquired, it held that energy well.
#Bitcoin improves upon this principle by creating absolute scarcity in digital form. It is the first and only asset with a mathematically guaranteed supply cap: 21 million units, forever. It cannot be printed, inflated, or forged. Acquiring #Bitcoin requires the consumption of energy, through proof-of-work, which means the cost to obtain it is anchored in physical reality. #Bitcoin becomes a near-perfect vessel to store sacrificed time and energy,one that is immune to the distortions of centralized power. It aligns more closely than any previous invention with the deep human need to preserve our finite moments.
At a psychological level, this attraction to scarcity runs deep. It’s not simply rational, it’s instinctive. From an evolutionary standpoint, the ability to delay gratification, to store food, tools, or effort for future use, was key to survival. Money is an extension of this instinct. It’s how we store not just physical goods, but the abstract value of our labor. When people realize that their stored labor is being slowly stolen through inflation or monetary debasement, they seek an alternative,something that cannot be easily taken from them. This is not just about wealth; it’s about dignity and trust in the relationship between time, work, and value.
Humans who discover a vessel that preserves their time with integrity will defend it, value it, and build systems around it. That’s why we see such strong emotional and intellectual attachment among those who hold sound money,especially in #Bitcoin. It’s not fanaticism, it’s alignment with truth. These individuals have found something that doesn’t lie to them about value, about effort, or about the future. This form of money becomes a mirror to our internal reality: life is short, energy is precious, and what we sacrifice deserves to last.
The philosophical implication of this is profound. When we store value in something truly scarce, we are aligning with the fundamental structure of reality itself. Time is scarce. Energy is scarce. And life is finite. A money that reflects this truth becomes a moral choice, not just a financial one. Fiat currencies that are endlessly printable deny this truth. They pretend that value can be created from nothing. But deep down, we know that’s a lie. True value comes from effort, cost, and sacrifice. A money that respects this is not just more effective,it is more honest.
In the end, humans store their time and energy in scarce assets not just for economic utility, but because it feels right. It feels just. It respects the invisible but deeply felt contract we have with ourselves: that our time matters, and that what we give should be honored. #Bitcoin, in this light, is not just software or currency,it is a response to a primal need. It is a mirror of human time, energy, and effort, encoded in a digital system that cannot lie. That is why people are drawn to it,not because of hype, but because it reflects a truth they already live.
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