Think of Bitcoin, cash, and gold as three different ways to store your wealth.

Cash is easy to spend and convenient, but it gradually loses value because governments constantly print more money, making each dollar worth slightly less over time.

Gold holds value better because it’s harder to find and mine, so its supply grows slowly. That makes gold a decent store of value, but it's heavy, hard to divide, and tricky to use for everyday transactions.

Bitcoin is different. Its supply is strictly limited to 21 million coins, and it's released gradually at a rate that shrinks by half every four years (this is called the "halving"). Because of this scarcity, Bitcoin has consistently become more valuable over the long run.

For example:

• Ten years ago, miners received 25 Bitcoins every ten minutes, but that was only worth about $6,000 total at the time.

• Five years ago, that number dropped to 12.5 Bitcoins every ten minutes, worth roughly $120,000.

• Today, it's just 3.125 Bitcoins every ten minutes, yet that's already worth about $320,000.

Fast-forward twenty years from now, miners will receive just 0.01 Bitcoin per block. Even though this amount seems tiny, it's likely to be worth significantly more than today’s much larger block reward, because the demand for Bitcoin will likely keep increasing as supply becomes tighter.

This means owning even a small fraction of Bitcoin now could significantly boost your long-term financial stability, encouraging you to value saving and careful investing over immediate spending.