No matter how much I study Bitcoin, there’s always something that amazes me.
Today I discovered something really cool: If we consider the “beginning” of the modern stock market in 1971 – when the US abandoned gold – Bitcoin has been online longer than the stock market.
Since 1971, the stock market has had 10,737 hours of active trading hours.
Bitcoin – 38 years younger – has had 123,774 hours of active trading hours.
Today I discovered something really cool: If we consider the “beginning” of the modern stock market in 1971 – when the US abandoned gold – Bitcoin has been online longer than the stock market.
Since 1971, the stock market has had 10,737 hours of active trading hours.
Bitcoin – 38 years younger – has had 123,774 hours of active trading hours.
It is true, but by making this comparison, it puts Bitcoin in the category of a security for trading. A better comparison would be, comparing the total hours of USD currency trading (24 hours per day), to Bitcoin, which is the same. They are both currencies, and so it's important to make the same comparison.