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In this video, we smash the classic monetary triad: store of value, medium of exchange, and unit of account. Traditional fiat money fails spectacularly as a store of value (inflation erodes your savings), while Bitcoin flips the script—starting strongest as a superior store of value rooted in energy.
We explore Bitcoin not as abstract “money,” but as energy transformed:
Miners convert electricity into hash power (compute), racing to secure the network and produce new blocks.
This creates Bitcoin’s core relationship: energy + data/information.
Unit of account emerges first in Bitcoin terms—like fees priced in satoshis per byte or Bitcoin per kWh—and is already happening with miners in places like Texas dynamically routing energy to the highest bidder (mining BTC or selling back to the grid).
Store of value becomes energy-backed: a global pool of miners routes electricity into Bitcoin when it pays best, making energy the ultimate reserve under BTC.
Medium of exchange bridges physical (energy/compute) and digital (blockchain/ownership) worlds—miners freely toggle between energy inputs and monetary outputs, unlike rigid traditional businesses.
This isn’t linear—it’s circular, like a horseshoe connecting energy (body/physical realm) and information (mind/digital realm) via unit of account as the bridge. Think yin-yang, body-mind-soul, or energy-space-time regulation.
Bitcoin’s “missing piece”? Better pricing of energy in Bitcoin (Bitcoin/kWh). With expansions in mining, heat reuse, mesh networks, and even parallels to Elon Musk’s energy/AI/internet ecosystem, the future is wide open.
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