Stores of value are often evaluated across key properties such as scarcity, portability, divisibility, durability, verifiability, and security. The stronger an asset scores across these traits, the more effective it is as a long-term store of value. The comparison below highlights the properties of some of the most popular of these stores.
Bitcoin is the only asset that is finite, portable, divisible, verifiable, secure, durable, and independent of fiat, making it the closest thing to a perfect store of value humanity has ever engineered.
Cannot be printed or inflated like fiat. Hard cap of 21 million coins.
Can be sent anywhere in the world instantly. Unlike gold or real estate, you can carry large value across borders digitally.
Can store €1 or $10 billion in the same asset. Easily divisible down to 1 satoshi (1/100,000,000 of a BTC).
Every Bitcoin is cryptographically verifiable on the blockchain. No need for special machines (vs gold needing assay tests).
Cannot rot, rust, or be destroyed like physical goods. Network lives as long as the internet and electricity do.
Secured by miners & nodes, not a government or corporation. Resistant to confiscation or seizure.
Always on, 24/7 market. You can enter or exit with low friction compared to real estate or private equity.
Capital tends to consolidate into the best store of value. Value will converge into Bitcoin as the superior option.
Storing €10 billion in gold requires vaults, guards, and insurance with ongoing costs.
Storing €10 billion in Bitcoin requires only private keys — no physical infrastructure or ongoing expenses.
Gold, stocks, and real estate are all ultimately priced in fiat currencies.
Bitcoin is not dependent on fiat systems and stands on its own as money.
Bitcoin encodes human work and energy into an incorruptible digital form, reflecting the law of energy conservation where money cannot be created from nothing.
Unlike fiat currencies, Bitcoin enforces this principle at the protocol level, ensuring that value is stored as long as electricity and the internet exist.