Bitcoin possesses a unique set of monetary properties that can't be replicated by politically dependent money and even physical commodity money, like gold.

Bitcoin mining is a very energy-intensive process. An enormous amount of electricity is consumed by powerful computers to solve complex mathematical equations.

“When I encounter Bitcoin enthusiast, I often ask them to explain some of its underlying concepts and theories, such as the Merkle tree or the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, or to describe Bitcoin as an equilibrium of a congestion-queuing game with limited throughput” (c) Robert Shiller