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Can Bitcoin Really Create Generational Wealth?

Alex Bentley
3 min readAug 7, 2022

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There’s an ongoing debate in crypto circles on whether Bitcoin can create generational wealth.

When experts and critics speak about generational wealth, what they mean is that Bitcoin can (or it cannot) generate long-term wealth that a person can pass on to their next of kin.

So, can Bitcoin really create generational wealth?

The truth, in a nutshell, is that Bitcoin really makes it possible for people to set long-term financial goals, a luxury and necessity that many people throughout history did not previously have.

By using Bitcoin as a long-term investment strategy, it’s possible to generate wealth for generations to come.

That’s why we see individuals, families, businesses, and even governments buying Bitcoin.

These groups can be confident that their money will maintain its purchasing power and allow for the creation of bigger, intergenerational investments thanks to Bitcoin’s low-time preference.

By reinstating the principles of hard, honest effort and commensurate rewards, Bitcoin threatens the status quo of the fiat money system.

By investing in Bitcoin, people are choosing a direct peer-to-peer payment system over the traditional system of banks and government-printed money.

In a way, storing your Bitcoin in a digital wallet is like a savings account. Except, there are no banks or middlemen involved.

As long as you have the private keys to your wallet, you own the crypto.

We can’t say the same with traditional banking.

Thanks to Bitcoin, humanity may now work together to launch a second renaissance and obtain hope, productivity, invention, and financial optimism.

Bitcoin, along with other cryptocurrencies, accomplishes this by returning the world to sound money principles and eradicating fiat currency addiction.

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Alex Bentley
Alex Bentley

Written by Alex Bentley

I write about crypto, personal finance, business & tech. Also, I publish a bit of humor to make you laugh.

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