Since the birth of Bitcoin in 2009 there has been one key question that has repeatedly made the headlines and led debates: is Bitcoin a store of value? On the surface, this question seems at odds with what Bitcoin was originally designed for – namely, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
As a matter of fact, the original white paper of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto does not mention 'value storage' properties but makes a strong case for a purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash, which allows payments to be sent directly between parties without going through a financial institution.
