Osmium is a precious metal that has interesting parallels to Bitcoin. However, osmium has the advantage of being a real physical commodity. In addition, the fluctuations in the value of the precious metal are significantly lower than those of Bitcoin. Let's compare the facts:
The comparison between osmium and Bitcoin is based on the following similarities:
Similarities:
But there are also striking differences:
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is indeed the most similar to osmium, at least in terms of the amount available. Both the number of Bitcoins and the amount of osmium available in the world have a finite limit. Bitcoins will have a maximum quantity of 21 million at the end of the creation process. Osmium only exists in a quantity of nine cubic metres on Earth, of which two cubic metres are considered recoverable. This corresponds to only 44 tonnes.
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