1: How Is Bitcoin Value Calculated?
Bitcoin's value is largely dependent on its supply and the market's demand for it. Its value is also attributed to other factors, such as alternative digital currencies—including their supply and price—availability, and rewards for mining. Intrinsic value can also be estimated by computing the average marginal cost of production of a bitcoin at any given point in time, based on the block reward, price of electricity, energy efficiency of mining hardware, and the mining difficulty.

 2: How Does Bitcoin Increase in Value?
As bitcoin nears its maximum limit, demand for it increases. The increased demand and limited supply push the price per bitcoin upward. Also, more institutions are investing in bitcoin and accepting it as a form of payment, thereby increasing its utility and making it a preferred medium of exchange among consumers.

Bitcoin is relatively safe due to cryptography and robust protocols and readily available through several exchanges. Also, you need not purchase a full bitcoin to have ownership of it. Fractional shares are available, increasing its attractiveness and value.

  3: How Does Bitcoin Make Money?
Unlike stock, bitcoin does not represent ownership in a company or entity. Owning bitcoin is owning digital currency, much like owning US$1 is owning paper currency. Bitcoin miners earn rewards for completing blocks of verified transactions, and owners of bitcoin make money as the price per coin increases. For example, if you purchased 100 coins at $65.52 (100 x $65.52 = $6,552) on July 5, 2013 (bitcoin's record low) and held it until its all-time high of $61,683.86 on March 13, 2021, you would have $6,168,386.4

    Why Is Bitcoin So Valuable?
The demand for bitcoin is increasing, whereas the availability of new supply is shrinking, with the size of each block reduced by half, on average, every four years and the final bitcoin to be mined somewhere around the year 2140. Indeed, unlike most other produced goods, the rate of supply of new bitcoins cannot increase in response to spikes in demand.

A supply and demand imbalance results in increased prices. Some consumers, companies, and investors favor bitcoin for this and the potential ability to hedge inflation. The resulting popularity contributes to increased demand, and thus an increased price.

    What Makes Bitcoin Prices Go Up and Down?
Bitcoin's price fluctuates for various reasons, including media coverage, speculation, and availability. With negative press, some bitcoin owners panic and sell their shares, driving down the price. Vice versa with positive press. Also, when the volume of bitcoin sold on the market increases, the price decreases. As more institutions adopt bitcoin as an investment and medium of exchange, its price increases.

Also, many people have eroded confidence in their fiat currency and seek alternative sources to store their money. Because bitcoin is decentralized and unregulated, it is a favorable alternative, thus driving up its price