Bitcoin vs Gold: A Discworld Investment Tale

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In the crowded bazaar of finance, where dragons have been replaced by dashboards and the local oracle is a screen that never sleeps, Robert Kiyosaki-the man who turned Rich Dad Poor Dad into a sort of nocturnal bedtime story-is once more waving the Bitcoin banner. He compares the digital coin to gold as if one were a perfectly ordinary rock and the other a suspiciously well-dressed marmalade. On social media, the New York Times bestselling author declares that if pressed to choose between the two, he’d pick Bitcoin, arguing that its design is the deciding factor, which is to say: the thing was built to be clever enough to outwit a goblin with a calculator.

Followers reacted with a chorus of emojis, some applause, some shrugging, and a few comments that sounded like they were written by people who really need more coffee and less certainty about the future of economies and pets’ diets.

Bitcoin Is A Finer Dragon Than Gold

According to Kiyosaki, investing in Bitcoin beats buying gold, chiefly due to the supply dynamics. On the surface, he notes, diversifying-gold, Bitcoin, and perhaps a dash of silver for added sparkle-would be sensible enough, but if forced to pick only one, Bitcoin wins the prize, like a dragon that actually follows a treasure map instead of hoarding it in a cave with a stubborn door.

Kiyosaki’s case for Bitcoin rests on its hard cap of 21 million coins. Gold, he argues, is a trickster able to expand reserves via new mines and a willingness to pretend gravity didn’t exist. Bitcoin’s issuance schedule is a mathematical spell that cannot be easily conjured away by clever miners with bigger pickaxes.

The BTC protocol ensures that no more than 21 million coins will ever exist. As of now, over 19 million have been mined, which means the supply is creeping up the ceiling like a tax inspector with a sense of humor. He calls this design brilliant, and suggests the price should climb as scarcity stiffens its smile into a sensible, wary grin.

From this angle, engineered scarcity gives Bitcoin a structural edge over gold. If demand grows while supply remains stubbornly fixed, basic economic incantations-if not exactly universal law-lean toward higher prices in the long run. “Glad I bought my Bitcoin early,” he declares, which is a sentence that sounds suspiciously like a man patting his future self on the head and mouthing, “Well played, old friend.”

From Selling BTC To Defending His Early Entry Claims

Robert Kiyosaki rose to fame with his 1997 bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad, a book that turned personal finance into a story about families, fables, and the suspiciously vivid image of debt as a wild creature that needs taming. Over the years, he has wandered through real estate, precious metals, commodities, and more recently, cryptocurrencies.

In late 2025, Kiyosaki disclosed that he had sold a portion of his Bitcoin holdings. The timing drew attention as the price wobbled beneath the $90,000 mark. He claimed he sold roughly $2.25 million worth of Bitcoin, coins he’d acquired years earlier at about $6,000 each, which is a number that makes spreadsheets giggle and gold bugs shiver in their boots.

Speaking of buying Bitcoin at $6,000, he later asserted that he had stopped buying at that price. Yet the internet has a memory for such things, and community notes suggested he was still buying Bitcoin, along with gold, silver, and Ethereum, which is to say he kept the party eclectic enough for a Discworld conference.

Nevertheless, the gold-versus-Bitcoin debate among investors shows no signs of gracefully bowing out. It continues to clatter along, like a clockwork marmot that refuses to retire.

Bitcoin vs Gold chart in a Discworld mood

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2026-02-12 05:50