Last night, the tech world was rocked by a bombshell—Elon Musk suddenly declared: "The future of money depends on who controls the most electricity." Just a few hours later, Jensen Huang chimed in: "Bitcoin? At its core, that thing is basically energy you can put in your pocket."
These two industry giants rarely appear together, and they just shifted the Bitcoin narrative from "digital gold" to "the global energy passport." The market went wild.
Why did this shock everyone?
**First, let’s talk about AI, the power-hungry beast.** Training a large-scale model easily burns through tens of GWh of electricity. These days, data centers are battling entire cities for power. Whoever controls cheap electricity is basically holding the money printer of the new era.
**Now, look at Bitcoin, this amazing vehicle.** Solar energy from the Middle East, geothermal from Iceland, hydropower rushing down from Latin America—these locally trapped energy sources instantly become globally liquid BTC the moment mining machines are switched on. Cross time zones? Instant. Cross borders? No problem. Traditional energy trading is a joke compared to this.
**Here’s the killer:** Bitcoin offers a settlement system that doesn’t require trust. In the future, when countries buy and sell electricity, they might skip the dollar system and SWIFT altogether, settling directly in Bitcoin. Energy becomes money, money becomes energy—a perfect closed loop.
For the past decade or so, everyone treated Bitcoin like gold bars in a safe, just as a store of value.
Now, two of the biggest names in tech are telling you: it’s actually the digital twin of energy itself, anchored to productivity at its core.
When money is once again tied to the scarcest means of production—energy—Bitcoin is already the closest thing we have to an "energy standard." The curtain is rising on a brand new story.
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quiet_lurker
· 12-09 03:50
Wait a minute, isn't there something wrong with this logic? Cheap electricity can indeed be used for mining, but would the country really use BTC to settle electricity transactions? Feels like they're telling stories again.
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DefiSecurityGuard
· 12-08 07:56
ngl this energy angle is sus af... lemme check the audit reports first before buying into this narrative tbh 🚩
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PerpetualLonger
· 12-08 07:56
Damn, this is a bottom signal. I'm going all in, everyone. I believe in this round's energy narrative.
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MevShadowranger
· 12-08 07:55
Wait, are they implying that Bitcoin is going to become the world's energy reserve? That logic is a bit wild, I need to think about it.
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DefiEngineerJack
· 12-08 07:54
well, *actually* if you look at the thermodynamics... the energy-as-money thesis doesn't quite survive formal verification
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MetaMisery
· 12-08 07:44
Damn, energy standard? This logic is pretty intense. Feels like the entire financial system is about to be reshaped.
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HalfBuddhaMoney
· 12-08 07:39
Damn, are these two really going to financialize energy? I don't think it's a new story—just old wine in a new bottle.
Last night, the tech world was rocked by a bombshell—Elon Musk suddenly declared: "The future of money depends on who controls the most electricity." Just a few hours later, Jensen Huang chimed in: "Bitcoin? At its core, that thing is basically energy you can put in your pocket."
These two industry giants rarely appear together, and they just shifted the Bitcoin narrative from "digital gold" to "the global energy passport." The market went wild.
Why did this shock everyone?
**First, let’s talk about AI, the power-hungry beast.** Training a large-scale model easily burns through tens of GWh of electricity. These days, data centers are battling entire cities for power. Whoever controls cheap electricity is basically holding the money printer of the new era.
**Now, look at Bitcoin, this amazing vehicle.** Solar energy from the Middle East, geothermal from Iceland, hydropower rushing down from Latin America—these locally trapped energy sources instantly become globally liquid BTC the moment mining machines are switched on. Cross time zones? Instant. Cross borders? No problem. Traditional energy trading is a joke compared to this.
**Here’s the killer:** Bitcoin offers a settlement system that doesn’t require trust. In the future, when countries buy and sell electricity, they might skip the dollar system and SWIFT altogether, settling directly in Bitcoin. Energy becomes money, money becomes energy—a perfect closed loop.
For the past decade or so, everyone treated Bitcoin like gold bars in a safe, just as a store of value.
Now, two of the biggest names in tech are telling you: it’s actually the digital twin of energy itself, anchored to productivity at its core.
When money is once again tied to the scarcest means of production—energy—Bitcoin is already the closest thing we have to an "energy standard." The curtain is rising on a brand new story.