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What Is Real Money? Why Dollars Aren’t Savings & Gold Returns | Alan Hibbard

Jan 28, 2026
Alan Hibbard, strategist at GoldSilver.com and creator of the Hidden Secrets of Value series, explores what real money is and why dollars are not true savings. He contrasts money versus currency, explains why gold resists value decay, and applies entropy to wealth preservation. He also compares Bitcoin to digital gold and discusses how a new monetary regime might elevate gold’s role.
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Holding Dollars Is Not Saving

  • Holding fiat currency is not saving because it loses value over time.
  • Alan Hibbard reframes saving as preserving your earned energy by holding real money like gold or silver.
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Money Versus Currency

  • Money and currency solve different problems: money stores value, currency moves it.
  • Use currency for near-term spending and money (gold/silver) for long-term preservation.
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Entropy Is The Hidden Enemy Of Wealth

  • Entropy measures how energy spreads and erodes stored value over time.
  • Pick assets that resist entropy to preserve your energy across years and decades.
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