Bitcoin is not a company, it's a Network (like movie pirates)

When we think of digital services like a bank, Instagram, or Netflix, we think of companies. There is a building, a boss, and central servers. If the boss decides to close or if the building burns down, the service stops working.

But Bitcoin is different. Bitcoin is not a company; it is a distributed network. To understand it, let's remember how people used to share files on the internet years ago.

1. The "BitTorrent" Model: No one is in charge, everyone collaborates

You probably recognize names like BitTorrent or eMule. These networks were used to share music or movies in a "pirate" way. There was no central BitTorrent office where the police could go to shut down the system.

• The network works because there are thousands of computers (nodes) connected all over the world.

• If you turn off 100 computers, there are another 10,000 left on with the same information.

• The same thing happens in Bitcoin: all nodes are equal, and they all keep a copy of the "ledger".

2. Resilience: Money that cannot be "killed"

Bitcoin is the most resilient (resistant) technology that exists. Being a distributed network, it has advantages that a bank will never have:

• Permissionless: Anyone can set up a Bitcoin node at home and participate. You don't have to ask anyone for permission.

• Constant availability: Bitcoin doesn't close on Sundays or for holidays. It works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

• Censorship-resistant: Since there is no "center," no government can call an office to freeze the Bitcoin network.

3. Value is in the Protocol, not the App

Normally, when we use the internet, we care about applications (like WhatsApp or TikTok) and not the protocol behind them (like the system that sends the data).

• In cryptocurrencies, we are in an early stage: the real value is in the protocol (the Bitcoin network).

• It's as if we were investing in the foundations of a new city before the shopping malls are built.

In short: Bitcoin does not survive because it is the most modern or "sexy" technology, but because it is a network so spread across the world that it is impossible to stop. It is the first money system that truly belongs to its users and not to a central entity.