When you think about storing value, the economics are brutal. Storing natural gas runs about 30 cents per million BTU monthly—stack that over three to six months and you're looking at $0.90 to $1.80 per unit when the commodity itself trades around $4.
Tanker storage for oil? That'll cost you roughly $5 per barrel each month, with crude sitting around $65 a barrel.
But Bitcoin? The storage cost is literally zero. For years, if you want.
That's not a small difference. That's a fundamental economic advantage when you're thinking about capital preservation and long-term value storage. No warehousing fees, no monthly carrying costs, no physical infrastructure eating into your margins. Just pure scarcity maintained by a network.
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ServantOfSatoshi
· 8h ago
Zero-cost storage is indeed amazing, but all your assumptions are based on the premise that BTC price doesn't fall. When it drops 50%, that "zero cost" becomes the most expensive storage method.
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RektDetective
· 01-14 04:53
Zero-cost storage? Wake up, don't be fooled by marketing hype. Self-custody risks, exchange hacks, lost hardware wallets... the real hidden costs are significant.
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ColdWalletGuardian
· 01-14 04:52
Zero storage costs? This is the most ruthless aspect of Bitcoin; traditional assets simply can't compete.
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NFTregretter
· 01-14 04:34
The zero storage cost is indeed amazing, but the problem is whether Bitcoin itself can hold its value...
Bitcoin as an Energy Storage Asset?
When you think about storing value, the economics are brutal. Storing natural gas runs about 30 cents per million BTU monthly—stack that over three to six months and you're looking at $0.90 to $1.80 per unit when the commodity itself trades around $4.
Tanker storage for oil? That'll cost you roughly $5 per barrel each month, with crude sitting around $65 a barrel.
But Bitcoin? The storage cost is literally zero. For years, if you want.
That's not a small difference. That's a fundamental economic advantage when you're thinking about capital preservation and long-term value storage. No warehousing fees, no monthly carrying costs, no physical infrastructure eating into your margins. Just pure scarcity maintained by a network.