Most people think about Bitcoin in terms of price.
Will it reach $100,000?
$250,000?
$1 million?
Personally, I think there is a more interesting question:
How rare will owning 0.1 Bitcoin become?
Looking at the numbers
Bitcoin has a fixed supply.
There will never be more than 21 million Bitcoin.
That number is well known.
What is discussed less often is what happens when you compare that supply to the number of people who may want exposure in the future.
The world's population is now more than 8 billion people.
Even if we ignore institutions, companies, pension funds, ETFs and governments, there is simply not enough Bitcoin for everyone to own a meaningful amount.
What does 0.1 Bitcoin represent?
Today, some investors view 0.1 BTC as a relatively small position.
But from a supply perspective, it may be more significant than it appears.
If every Bitcoin were available and evenly distributed, only around 210 million people could own 0.1 BTC.
That sounds like a lot.
Until you realize that it represents only a small fraction of the global population.
And in reality, Bitcoin is not evenly distributed.
Many coins are:
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held long term
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locked away
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owned by institutions
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held by governments
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lost forever
Which means the effective supply is likely much lower.
The scarcity effect
The interesting thing about scarcity is that it often becomes obvious only in hindsight.
People rarely notice scarcity when an asset is easy to acquire.
They notice it when access becomes difficult.
Not because the supply changed.
But because demand changed.
Gold experienced this.
Prime real estate experienced this.
Many successful companies experienced this.
Bitcoin may be no different.
Why I find 0.1 BTC interesting
I am not saying 0.1 BTC will make anyone wealthy.
I am not making a price prediction.
I simply think that many investors underestimate how scarce even small Bitcoin positions may look in the future.
When people think about Bitcoin, they often focus on price.
I tend to think more about ownership.
Because price is uncertain.
Scarcity is not.
A different way to think about Bitcoin
Instead of asking:
"How high can Bitcoin go?"
It may be worth asking:
"How many people will be able to own a meaningful amount?"
Nobody knows the answer.
But the question itself changes how you look at Bitcoin.
I have no idea where Bitcoin's price will be in five years.
But I do know that Bitcoin's supply will remain fixed.
And if adoption continues to grow, even relatively small holdings may eventually be viewed very differently than they are today.
Maybe the real question isn't whether Bitcoin becomes more valuable.
Maybe it's whether owning 0.1 BTC becomes increasingly uncommon.
