Bitcoin Myths · #4 of 20 Short Answer The bitcoin crash recovery pattern is consistent, four crashes over 75% and four new all-time highs. Speculative bubbles (tulip mania, the Mississippi Company, dot-com stocks) don’t do this. The crash is not what defines a bubble. What happens next is. Every time Bitcoin’s price drops sharply, the…
Bitcoin Myths · #3 of 20 Did You Know? Only 0.15% of Bitcoin Transactions Are Linked to Crime Short Answer According to Chainalysis, illicit activity accounted for 0.15% of all Bitcoin transactions in 2022, down from 0.34% the year before. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that 2 to 5 percent of global…
Bitcoin Myths · #2 of 20 Did You Know? Bitcoin’s Volatility Has Fallen Every Market Cycle Short Answer Bitcoin volatility is declining, from roughly 140% annualized in 2011 to approximately 50% in 2023-2025. The trend is consistent across every market cycle, and the direction has not changed. The most common criticism of Bitcoin as money…
Bitcoin Myths · #1 of 20 Short Answer Bitcoin energy banking comparison: 138 TWh versus 263 TWh. Bitcoin uses less energy than the global banking system and less than gold mining. More than half of that energy now comes from sustainable sources. The most common objection to Bitcoin is also the least examined. Bitcoin uses…
Bitcoin Myths · #8 of 20 Short Answer Altcoins vs Bitcoin is not a fair comparison. They are not competing for the same outcome. Altcoins are built for speed, programmability, and features. Bitcoin is built to be money no one controls. Comparing them as rivals is like comparing a cargo ship to a sports car….
Bitcoin Myths · #7 of 20 Short Answer The bitcoin physical form objection is common but incomplete. The network runs on real hardware in the real world. Over 21,000 computers across 181 countries maintain the ledger. Warehouses of specialized machines consume auditable electrical energy with every block. More than 39,000 ATMs provide physical access. The…
Bitcoin Myths · #9 of 20 Short Answer Real estate didn’t become one of the world’s biggest asset classes because houses got better. It happened because money stopped working, and people had nowhere else to put their savings. The price of shelter isn’t just about shelter Here’s something worth sitting with. A typical US home…
Bitcoin Myths · #9 of 20 Real Estate Is a Better Store of Value Than Bitcoin Real estate is the world’s dominant asset class for a reason. It absorbed the demand for a reliable store of value when the monetary system stopped providing one. This article examines what real estate does well, where its structural…
Altcoins Are Better Than Bitcoin | Bitcoin Myths #8 | All Roads Lead to Bitcoin Bitcoin Myths · #8 of 20 Altcoins Are Better Than Bitcoin The claim assumes altcoins and Bitcoin are competing for the same outcome. They are not. What Bitcoin actually optimizes for is what most comparisons skip entirely. Short Answer Altcoins…
Bitcoin Has No Physical Form or Real-World Utility | Bitcoin Myths #7 | AllRoadsBitcoin Bitcoin Myths · #7 of 20 Bitcoin Has No Physical Form and No Real-World Utility. The Evidence Disagrees. The claim bundles two separate objections. The first is factually wrong. Bitcoin is anchored to physical hardware, energy infrastructure, and over 39,000 physical…
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