Cryptographically mined currency is backed by the carbon effort consumed in producing it.
The value is secured across multiple computers, constantly updating and verifying the Ledger, this is called "blockchain".
Bitcoin has a finite supply that cannot be artificially increased, which is why its value (compared to fiat) has only increased since its inception, if you zoom out.
It is humanity's primary weapon against the central bank system, and any individual 's lack of understanding of it doesn't affect its significance
I'm wondering what happens when the electricity stops. With paper you can spend it even in the dark. With crypto once an EMP hit everybody holding crypto is royally screwed. How are we gonna get our bits of coin out of a computer when it turns into a desk sitting brick?
Can someone explain to me how Crypto of any sort is not a digital currency? What is it tangibly backed by?
Cryptographically mined currency is backed by the carbon effort consumed in producing it.
The value is secured across multiple computers, constantly updating and verifying the Ledger, this is called "blockchain".
Bitcoin has a finite supply that cannot be artificially increased, which is why its value (compared to fiat) has only increased since its inception, if you zoom out.
It is humanity's primary weapon against the central bank system, and any individual 's lack of understanding of it doesn't affect its significance
If it's finite, what happens when it runs out?
I'm wondering what happens when the electricity stops. With paper you can spend it even in the dark. With crypto once an EMP hit everybody holding crypto is royally screwed. How are we gonna get our bits of coin out of a computer when it turns into a desk sitting brick?
It would need to disable every computer in the block chain at once, if that happens then little else will matter