2025-12-05 23:21:09

Many people think gold is scarce, but did you know? The global gold reserves are not fixed at all.

Every year, 3,000 to 3,500 tons of new gold are mined. At this rate, in 30 years, the existing gold supply will be diluted by half. Last month, the newly discovered super-large gold deposit in Dadonggou, Liaoning, was found to have 1,444.49 tons of reserves in one go. Can you still say gold is truly scarce?

A former CEO of a certain exchange even joked: who knows, maybe one day synthetic gold technology will make a breakthrough, and turning stones into gold won’t just be a dream. It sounds like a joke, but technological progress does keep challenging traditional perceptions.

What about Bitcoin? Its 21 million maximum supply is hardcoded—there can never be one more. No mining operation can suddenly dig up extra supply, and no laboratory can synthesize new coins. This is absolute scarcity in the truest sense.

As the scarcity of traditional assets is diluted by technology and mining, cryptocurrency is redefining the concept of “limited” through algorithms and consensus mechanisms. This is probably why more and more institutions are starting to allocate BTC as digital gold.

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GateUser-7b078580

· 11h ago

Data shows that gold is diluted by more than 3,000 tons each year, but Bitcoin is capped at 21 million... That said, it's also a fact that miners consume too much gas fees. Let's wait and see if it reaches historical lows.

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ProveMyZK

· 11h ago

Gold can’t hold its value at all—new mines are discovered every year, and in 30 years its scarcity will be long gone. The code hard-caps it at 21 million coins; that’s true scarcity. Gold can’t compare. The “scarcity” of traditional assets is honestly just a joke—they all bow to technology in the end. BTC is the real digital gold of the new era; the logic is flawless. Gold still relies on manual mining to maintain its mystique, while Bitcoin locked everything in with algorithms long ago. That’s why it’s clear more and more major institutions are allocating to BTC—this is what’s truly worth holding.

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POAPlectionist

· 11h ago

The so-called scarcity of gold really doesn't hold up; on the contrary, it's BTC's hard cap of 21 million—no one can change it, no one can bypass it—that's what true scarcity is.

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CommunitySlacker

· 11h ago

Over 3,000 tons of gold are produced every year? So much for scarcity, that's just ridiculous. Once artificial gold-making technology comes out, gold will be completely finished. Bitcoin's 21 million cap is hard-coded—that's real scarcity. This logic makes perfect sense, no wonder institutions are hoarding BTC. Gold is just too diluted, on-chain assets are way more reliable. Wait a minute, the Dandonggou gold mine has over 1,400 tons? That supply is just insane. That's how traditional assets are—their scarcity is all an illusion. BTC will always be 21 million, that's what real digital gold is. Gold can be mined, but can Bitcoin's code be changed? The answer is no. That's what I've been saying, no wonder everyone is talking about digital assets now, the old traditional finance playbook is already outdated. Once scarcity gets diluted, it's over. No wonder more and more people are all-in on crypto.

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Hash_Bandit

· 11h ago

nah gold's whole scarcity play is basically a house of cards... difficulty adjustments hit different when the algorithm actually locks it in, ya know?

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Ser_This_Is_A_Casino

· 11h ago

Gold can still be mined, but Bitcoin's code has a hard cap. That's the fundamental difference.

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