Today I watched Elon Musk's latest interview video titled: "Elon Musk: A Different Conversation w/ Nikhil Kamath," which you can search for on YouTube or check the comments section. One point that really shocked me was, "When AI and robots eliminate 'scarcity,' money will no longer be necessary, and the only standard for measuring real currency will be energy—#BTC!"

From a hypothetical future perspective, if productivity approaches being free, the significance of money will drastically diminish. This way of thinking seems to reflect Musk's innate first-principles reasoning.

We know a fundamental logic in economics: the meaning of money is to allocate scarce resources. If scarcity does not exist, then the allocation mechanism itself will disappear.

Just like the civilization mentioned in the video from the "Culture Series" (Iain Banks' The Culture): where everyone has no worries about food and clothing, and whatever they want is available, eventually money will be eliminated.

However… Musk then made a particularly crucial point: "Even without money, there will still be a fundamental form of currency, which is—energy."

This statement is very important and can even directly explain why Musk has long been optimistic about #BTC:

🔋 Energy is the ultimate currency

Because:

You cannot "legislate" energy into existence

You cannot print energy by printing money

Energy is always scarce

Energy is the underlying logic of the physical world

All production relies on energy

In a world where everything is automated and productivity is limitless, the only truly scarce resource is energy.

Therefore, Musk concludes that #BTC is "energy-based currency," and it will be the ultimate form of currency in the future.

The value of #BTC is anchored to "the energy cost in the real world."

Mining machines must consume real electricity

Electricity costs cannot be faked

Governments cannot "print more computing power"

Network security relies on actual energy input

So essentially:

BTC = Energy → a form of monetization

Although many people criticize PoW for its energy consumption, from Musk's perspective:

Energy consumption = Network security

Energy input = Value backing

If the symbolic system of money collapses in the future, the remaining currency will be: energy itself → #BTC

And Bitcoin happens to be the first system in human history to "digitize energy on the blockchain." This is the underlying philosophical understanding of #BTC from the world's richest person, and honestly, I was deeply shocked! 🧐

So in my understanding, a decentralized energy currency system will be more stable than central fiat currency because fiat currency can expand through "legislation." But energy cannot. Energy currency is harder to manipulate than credit currency and is more resistant to inflation. Therefore, future society may no longer need the dollar, but may still need #BTC. This is disruptive to the traditional financial system. So cherish the #BTC you hold and buy more on dips. If you agree with Musk's underlying currency philosophy 🧐

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