When Money Stops Working: Why the Conditions for Bitcoin (BSV) Now Exist

Written by Marquez Comelab, 1 Feb 2026. 


When I first heard about Bitcoin in 2015, one question immediately came to mind.
Not how much will it be worth, but something far more fundamental:
In what kind of world would Bitcoin actually become necessary?
At the time, that question felt almost theoretical.
Back then, the global financial, political, and economic system looked relatively stable.
Not perfect — but stable enough. Governments appeared functional. Institutions appeared credible.
There was a general sense that, even when things went wrong, someone, somewhere, had things under control.
I could clearly see the advantages of Bitcoin as digital cash for the internet.
Borderless. Programmable. Native to the digital world.
That alone was enough to attract me.
But the idea that using Bitcoin might one day be a matter of urgency, or even survival?
That felt unlikely.
I honestly never thought it would come to that.

Today, the world looks very different.
And more importantly — it is changing fast.
Institutions that once claimed to stand for truth, justice, and the protection of the weak are visibly failing.
Trust in governments, media, financial systems, and even basic rule of law is eroding.
Geopolitics has become increasingly aggressive and transactional.
Power is exercised openly, often without moral or legal restraint.
Sanctions, coercion, threats, and economic warfare have become normalized tools of policy.
We are watching a global order fray — not all at once, but thread by thread.

Money does not exist in isolation from this reality.
Currencies are not just economic instruments — they are political instruments.
And when political systems destabilize, currencies tend to follow.
The collapse or dysfunction of national currencies is no longer hypothetical.
We have already seen it — repeatedly — in different parts of the world.
The Iranian Rial is one recent example.
Years of sanctions, political isolation, and monetary pressure have devastated its purchasing power.
Ordinary people — not governments — pay the price.
In my assessment, the probability of more currency crises is not low.
It is rising.

At the same time, global debt levels — particularly in the United States — are historically extreme.
The United States has relied for decades on its currency’s global reserve status.
But its largest creditors are now reducing exposure to US debt.
Treasury bonds are being sold, not accumulated.
There is a visible shift toward hard assets: gold, silver, commodities.
That is not an ideological move — it is a defensive one.
The US dollar itself is under strain.
More countries are actively seeking to trade outside the dollar system.
Not because they hate America — but because dependency has become a strategic risk.
Less demand for the dollar means more pressure on it.

Meanwhile, military conflicts and foreign interventions do not strengthen an economy.
They divert resources, expand deficits, and increase the incentive to print money.
Europe, for its part, is economically weak and politically fragmented —
often implementing policies that seem to undermine its own competitiveness and resilience.
All of this points in one direction.
A future where multiple national currencies experience serious stress —
technical, structural, inflationary, and in some cases, systemic failure.

I never thought I would say this.
But the conditions for Bitcoin are no longer theoretical.
They exist today.
Not as a speculative asset —
but as infrastructure.
A global cash system that is borderless, fast, low-cost, and reliable.
Money that works regardless of politics, borders, or permission.
And beyond money —
a truth machine.
A public, immutable ledger where facts can be recorded, verified, and preserved.
Where records cannot be quietly altered, erased, or rewritten.
That matters — especially in times when trust is scarce.
A truly scalable, performant blockchain is not just about payments.
It is about accountability, transparency, and resilience.

This is why I believe Bitcoin — the real Bitcoin: Bitcoin SV, BSV — matters now.
Not someday.
Now.
You don’t need to own a lot.
But owning even one BSV might matter more than people realize.
Not as a bet.
Not as a gamble.
But as insurance.
Because when systems fail —
and history tells us they always do —
you will want money that still works.