bitcoin
A collection of numbers that guarantees no intrinsic value yet proclaims itself digital alchemy, supported only by speculators’ faith. It eludes central banks with whimsical ease and records transactions in a giant distributed ledger but relies on myths no one can trace to an author. Its price is toyed by the market’s chaos generator, oscillating between dizzying highs and crashes. It serves as both a status symbol for the triumphant and a cautionary tale for the ruined, a societal gamble in bytes.