Lightning network is to Bitcoin what bank notes were to gold
Digital gold
Bitcoin is often being described as digital gold. Same as gold, it is scarce and being mined and released into circulation at a fairly predictable rate. It is impossible to counterfeit. It is fungible, meaning some gold is not better than any other gold. It is divisible to a high degree. It can be anonymous.
It has most of the properties of gold, but improves them. It’s much easier to transfer, for one. Which means it is also easier to steal large quantities of. If you steal a ton of gold, people will notice when you try to carry it with you on the plane. If you steal 100 million worth of Bitcoin, you can carry it in your head or on a USB stick.
