A wallet does not store ₿itcoin. It stores the keys that prove you own ₿itcoin on the blockchain. Private key → public key → address → signature. Transaction: initiated → broadcast → mempool → confirmed → finalised. Your keys = your ₿itcoin. Not your keys, not your coins.

Different operating system. Banks: permissioned, freezeable, inflationary, closed. ₿itcoin: permissionless, unfreezeable, fixed supply, open. You are either a customer of the old system or a participant in the new one.

$1 in 1913 buys what $0.04 buys today. Over 96% of purchasing power gone. This is not an accident. It is the design of a system that can print without limit. The silent tax never stops.

₿itcoin’s supply is fixed at 21 million. New coins are released through programmed halvings every ~210,000 blocks. Every four years the issuance rate is cut in half. Scarcity is not a promise. It is code. Inflation is defeated by mathematics.

Money has always evolved to solve the problems of its time. Barter → commodity → metal → paper → fiat → digital → ₿itcoin. ₿itcoin is the first money built for the internet age: scarce, borderless, verifiable by anyone. What stage do most people still operate in?