Just to counter the knee jerk “but it’s actually digital gold!” reaction of Bitcoin holders: One big reason Bitcoin can’t be “digital gold” is because humans don’t control the natural supply of gold. Humans, however, control the supply of Bitcoin. The “21 million limit” is just a meme that’s currently implemented in the code that the network has consensus on, but that limit can change if the influencers in the space see fit to it and the herd follows along.