---
id: "entity-bitcoin"
type: "entity"
entityType: "product"
canonicalName: "Bitcoin"
aliases: ["BTC"]
source_timestamps: ["00:00:35", "00:16:45"]
tags: ["asset", "cryptocurrency", "digital-gold"]
related: ["concept-digital-capital", "concept-infinite-half-life", "claim-bitcoin-is-a-digital-monopoly"]
sources: ["saylor"]
sourceVaultSlug: "saylor-bitcoin-digital-capital-cardone-2026Jun25"
originDay: 1
---
# Bitcoin

## Profile

A decentralized digital cryptocurrency characterized by:

- A strictly capped supply of **21 million coins**,
- Halving-based issuance schedule,
- Proof-of-work security with the highest hash rate of any cryptocurrency network,
- Self-custody via cryptographic keys, programmable via smart contracts.

## Role in this source

[[entity-michael-saylor]] frames Bitcoin as **"digital capital"** and **"the apex property of the human race"** — superior to fiat, gold, and traditional real estate. It is the asset at the center of the entire thesis.

## Where it appears in the vault

Foundational to:
- [[concept-digital-capital]] (its definitional category)
- [[concept-infinite-half-life]] (its mathematical property)
- [[claim-bitcoin-is-a-digital-monopoly]] (its market position)
- [[claim-gold-is-inferior-to-bitcoin]] (its competitive context)
- [[framework-microstrategy-playbook]] (the asset accumulated)

## Canonical reference

Bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org) and major protocol documentation. Inflation rate falls over time via halvings and is projected to be effectively negligible after ~2140.


## Related across days
- [[concept-digital-hard-asset]]
- [[concept-bearer-asset]]
- [[concept-bitcoin-physical-infrastructure]]
- [[concept-paper-bitcoin]]
- [[cross-bitcoin-thesis-stacking]]
- [[cross-hard-asset-redefinition]]