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What Actually Gives Bitcoin Value?

Beginner Investing • 6 min

Bitcoin doesn't pay a dividend, doesn't represent ownership in a company, and has no earnings to value it against — so its case for value rests on something completely different from a stock. The core argument centers on scarcity (a hard-coded cap of 21 million coins) and decentralization (no single company or government controls it), which supporters compare to gold's traditional 'store of value' role.Insider…

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