CCrypto
Sound Money
RESEARCH v0.13
MONETARY ASSESSMENT / 001

Understand Bitcoin as money.

Supply, purchasing power and sovereignty. Every property has evidence and trade-offs.

Framework updated 2026-10-11

Bitcoin BTC

Native asset · Layer 1 · self-custody

Issuance cap (approx.)21M BTC
ConsensusProof of Work
Mainnet launch2009
Properties overviewDeep assessment96SourcesPreliminary research · No aggregate score

10 core monetary properties

Select a property to inspect its evidence
Open the full monetary assessment12 dimensions · 96 criteria

Conclusions can be challenged. Evidence must be visible.

Explore definitions, evidence thresholds and the scope of scenario potential scores.

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