The 1971 Lie That Made Your Dollar Worthless Overnight

In 1971, something broke.

Money lost its anchor.

Gold was cast aside.
The dollar became untethered.

From that moment on, money could be created without effort.

It no longer had to be mined.
It no longer had to be earned.
It just had to be typed into existence.

And once that happened…

Promises got cheaper.
Debt got bigger.
Trust got weaker.

Bitcoin does something different.

It brings back cost.

Not cost you can fake.
Not cost you can delay.
Not cost paid by someone else.

Real cost.
Paid in energy.
Paid in time.
Paid in work.

If you want to create new bitcoin,
you must burn electricity.
You must compete.
You must prove your effort.

There are no shortcuts.

That’s the foundation.

Bitcoin is not backed by metal.
Not backed by governments.
Not backed by companies.

It is backed by something you can measure:
the cost to produce it.

That’s what makes it honest.

Every coin was earned.
Every rule enforced.
Every block secured through sacrifice.

Bitcoin doesn’t promise more.

It promises no more.

No more printing.
No more cheating.
No more rulers changing the rules.

Just cost — paid by those who want to play fair.

So when someone asks:

“What backs Bitcoin?”

Don’t say gold.
Don’t say trust.
Don’t say belief.

Say this:

“Bitcoin is backed by what fiat forgot: skin in the game.”

Take the quiz.
Unlock the seed word.
And remember:

Value comes from cost — not permission.

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