Thankfully, Bitcoin Isn’t Art

Art is getting easier. That’s not an insult—it’s a revolution.

You can now summon beauty on command. AI can digitally sketch, paint, remix, and imagine anything you want in seconds. The skill is no longer in the hand—it’s in the prompt. Now, the hard part isn’t producing—it’s having something to say. The result? A flood of expression. Infinite creativity. A more beautiful world.

But not everything should be effortless.

Bitcoin is moving in the opposite direction. It’s getting harder. Mining is more competitive. The cost to unlock a single satoshi is going up—on purpose.

The increasing difficulty isn't a flaw. It's intentional, ensuring Bitcoin's reliability and security.

Part of Bitcoin’s integrity scales with its difficulty. The more energy it takes to produce, the more secure its ledger becomes. In a digital world where everything is copyable, editable, and endlessly reproducible, Bitcoin is anchored in something brutally real: energy, computation, and time.

Yes, AI also uses energy and computation—but only as fuel. The outputs are replaceable, disposable, infinitely regenerable. In AI, cost is incidental. In Bitcoin, cost is everything. That irreducible expenditure is what gives each bitcoin, each block, a defense against manipulation. A key component of Bitcoin's security fundamentally depends on energy consumption.

That’s what gives it credibility—from individuals to institutions, from homes to nations. On a philosophical level, perhaps that’s why traditional art commands awe too: it bears the weight of physical effort.

So while AI makes digital creation effortless, Bitcoin reinforces digital credibility through difficulty. While AI races toward digital abundance to expand creativity, Bitcoin upholds digital scarcity to preserve value.

Both trends are powerful.

Effortless art unlocks participation, accelerates expression, and democratizes creativity. Difficult money creates trust, thwarts manipulation, and protects wealth in a digital economy.

Effortless art will reshape the world’s aesthetics. Difficult money will preserve the world’s value.

We don't have to choose between them.

We need both.

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