As the credibility of paper money begins to waver, a discussion about redefining value is quietly heating up in the market.



"The ability to print money endlessly doesn't create energy." This statement has recently sparked heated debate in the financial circle. The background is simple—U.S. federal debt has already surpassed $38.3 trillion, and it continues to grow at a rate of about $2 trillion per year. The numbers sound enormous, but the truly frightening part is the interest payments.

Annual interest expenses of $1.2 trillion—this already exceeds defense spending. What does this mean? The government will have to either cut welfare, raise taxes, or keep printing money. The first two options are politically unfeasible, so the last one becomes the only choice. The result of continuous money issuance is that the money in your wallet becomes increasingly worthless.

This is not alarmist talk. The data is clear: $1 in 2008 has the same purchasing power as only $0.73 in 2025. In other words, the savings of ordinary people are being subtly eroded.

Against this backdrop, Bitcoin's value proposition appears particularly attractive—total supply of 21 million coins, absolutely scarce, and no one can create new ones out of thin air. This is not a new argument, but when macroeconomic pressures become real, this logic shifts from theory to practical consideration.

The market is rethinking what truly constitutes a store of value. When the credibility of fiat currency shows cracks, digital assets backed by energy are beginning to attract increasing attention.
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OnchainDetectiveBingvip
· 23h ago
Here we go again with the story of printing money. Really, I'm tired of this logic, but... the data really hits hard.
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NotFinancialAdvicevip
· 23h ago
$12 trillion in interest, this is the real way to cut leeks, official version Feels like the printing press is about to work 996, money is getting less and less resilient Hard assets are really attractive, at least more reliable than paper money Why do you think the government doesn't just pay off the debt? Oh right, they don't have that authority Energy-backed assets are indeed more valuable than those printed out of thin air
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DegenWhisperervip
· 23h ago
38.3 trillion in debt, with 1.2 trillion in interest every year... Honestly, I'm really speechless. The printing press must be overheating, haha.
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ser_ngmivip
· 23h ago
The printing press starts running, and my wallet shrinks—whoever makes this deal loses. But honestly, since the devaluation from 2008 until now, these numbers really hit home. Energy can't be printed out, but coins are truly scarce—that's what real hard currency looks like. The government is caught between a rock and a hard place; in the end, they have to keep flooding the market. We'll just watch our money turn into paper. The constraint of 21 million coins is more reliable than any policy or credit. Savings? Nonexistent—that's just slow devaluation. The credibility of fiat currency is really starting to creak.
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TokenomicsTrappervip
· 23h ago
nah the "energy-backed digital asset" bit is doing heavy lifting here... actually if you read the tokenomics literally nobody's printing new btc but governments absolutely can debase faster than that thesis anticipated lol
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SelfRuggervip
· 23h ago
The printing press keeps running, and the wallet must continue to depreciate; this logical cycle is airtight.
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NFT_Therapyvip
· 23h ago
When the printing press starts running, my wallet shrinks. This logic makes perfect sense.
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