Unfortunately for BTC investors, the BTC version of bitcoin is not only needlessly limited, it's also technically impractical, ideologically alienating, and legally naive. While to the intelligent investor it must seem odd that BTC wants to limit its use to digital gold, there is an ideological reason justifying this anti-scaling decision.

Now that we’ve examined this more expansive view of Bitcoin by taking a look at some of the applications building on BSV, we can explore the primary technical distinction between BSV and BTC which makes these applications possible on BSV and not on BTC.

Moving away from theoretical discussions about databases, what are the tangible properties and businesses this network enables.

Most investors learned of Bitcoin during its 2017 bull market, when BTC moved from around $3,000 per coin to $20,000 per coin in a matter of months. After this, it became a mainstay topic of discussion on popular investment outlets like CNBC. The discussion surrounding the fundamental value proposition on these outlets typically included some version of the idea of “digital gold”. The digital gold value proposition suggests that bitcoin is the world’s first scarce digital asset.

Is Bitcoin the future or a bubble ready to pop? Between 2010 and 2017, early speculators made quick fortunes with eye popping 1,000,000x plus returns. In December 2017, bitcoin, trading as BTC, approached $20,000 per coin, achieved a market capitalization of over $320 billion, and became a daily topic of discussion on CNBC and other financial news outlets. Today, as BTC hovers around $8,000, technologists, speculators, and now institutional investors are waiting to see what’s next, many anticipating another, even bigger, bull market as more people become familiar with and invest in the technology.