The average cost to mine 1 ounce of gold is $1300-$1400. Current price is more than 3x that.
Bitcoin costs more to mine than its currency fiat sales price. We are going much higher.
Bitcoin should be seen as the ultimate measuring stick for value because it is the only form of money that is truly scarce, immutable, and outside any government or central bank’s control.
Unlike fiat currencies that can be printed endlessly—silently stealing purchasing power through inflation—Bitcoin’s supply is capped forever at 21 million coins, with issuance slowing predictably until around 2140. Over 95% of all bitcoin that will ever exist, have already been mined.
This hard limit makes it the closest thing humanity has to digital gold, but better: perfectly divisible, instantly verifiable, and borderless. When you price goods, services, or even other currencies in bitcoin (sats), you’re measuring them against something that cannot be manipulated or debased.
Over time, as adoption grows and fiat continues to inflate, everything else trends toward zero when denominated in Bitcoin, while Bitcoin itself reveals the true, erosion-free value of your work, savings, and assets. In a world of endless money-printing, Bitcoin is the honest ruler—everything else is shrinking.
