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Everyone agrees in principle that the success of the Bitcoin network should be measured by the price of the bitcoin currency, whose most recent ATH (All Times High) price occurred on March 14, 2024, when it reached the equivalent of USD 73,790; certainly not bad for something that 15 and a half years ago was worth zero.

Seen only from this perspective, many people think it is magic, or a scam, or a 'bubble', nothing solid in any case.

The truth is that at the base of the Bitcoin network, and of the bitcoin currency, there are three very obvious foundations, which, when combined, are irresistible to the market, that is, irresistible to every saver, to everyone who understands and respects private property, to those who refuse to accept that the destiny of Western civilization would be statism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism and globalism (UN, Agenda 2030).

Given the strictly monetary and computer machine characteristics of Bitcoin, it is a bit difficult to accept what has been said, unless, of course, one goes deeper into understanding these three fundamentals, which are: open source, digital cash, and the production and consumption of electricity.

The design and construction of the Bitcoin monetary-computer machine, offered by Satoshi Nakamoto on October 31, 2008 and January 3, 2009 for voluntary examination and adoption by anyone on the planet, masterfully integrated these three fundamentals.

And yes, the machine works, and its voluntary examination and adoption grows without pause and without haste. And even those who oppose it, or do not understand, or dislike the functioning of the market (and of Western civilization and its values) recognize this (and fear it).

And, by the way, it has already happened to us before.

“Eppur si muove…” said Galileo Galilei in 1633, through clenched teeth, in a hoarse and loud whisper to himself, lest the censors hear him and he end up soon at the stake. And it was true, it moved.