{video} Bitcoin is often called “digital gold” because just like gold, Bitcoin is a valuable, scarce resource that’s resistant to inflation. But unlike gold, Bitcoin is digital — it can be sent globally almost as easily as sending an email — and its scarcity is known — while it’s estimated that one could fit all the gold ever mined into a box that is only 65 feet wide, there’s no way of knowing for sure how much gold is still in the Earth. Bitcoin, on the other hand, has a finite supply of only 21 million bitcoin, with only around 3 million left to be mined. But what gives Bitcoin its scarcity? Just like gold, ... (full story)