They say, “Bitcoin is not backed by anything,”

As if money must lean on something else,

As if it cannot itself be valuable.

Money is a technology with a purpose,

And different moneys fulfill this purpose,

And provide utility to their users,

By the quality of their properties.

True money needs no backing.

It is chosen for its nature,

For what it is—durable, scarce, divisible,

Fungible, portable, and verifiable.

Gold once held this place, but even gold,

Cumbersome for transactions,

Was locked in vaults and distant from our hands,

And became a symbol,

A theoretical backing for paper,

A tie too easily severed.

Bitcoin, too, is unbacked,

And in this, it is real.

Untethered, unmasked, it stands alone,

Chosen not for what it reflects,

But for what it is—

A currency of truth in its very essence,

Solid in its own nature,

Not a facade, but the core.

And what of us?

Should we not be the same?

To be unbacked is to be true,

To stand as you are,

Not a mirror of the world around you,

Not a front for ideas not your own,

But authentic, whole, and complete.

An unbacked person is real,

Not propped up by the stories of the day,

Not shaped by the winds of popular thought,

But rooted in the qualities within—

The strength of your mind,

The integrity of your heart,

The depth of your character.

To be unbacked is to be free,

To be chosen for who you are,

Not for what you reflect.

It is to stand firm in the world,

Like Bitcoin, strong and true,

Unafraid to show the fullness of yourself.

To be unbacked is to be the real thing—

Pure, essential, and worth celebrating.