What Bitcoin Reveals About Christianity

Bitcoin is often praised for its revolutionary monetary properties. Italian entrepreneur and investor, Matteo Pellegrini, describes it in these five ways:

1. Infinitely Divisible

2. Instantly Portable

3. Forever Durable

4. Mathematically Finite

5. Perfectly Fungible

At first glance, this might sound like an engineer’s dream or an economist’s obsession. And the average person would rather have eye surgery without anesthesia than try to understand what those actually mean. But the more I reflected on it, the more I realized that this description—though aimed at money—actually points to something far greater.

It points to the Gospel.

Christianity, in its truest form, embodies these same five traits.

Infinitely Divisible

Bitcoin can be divided down to one hundred millionth of a unit, called a satoshi. That means it can be sent in the tiniest amounts, with precision.

In the same way, God’s grace is not limited by volume or scale. You don’t need a large portion of it to be saved. You don’t have to hit a moral quota or spiritual credit score. Whether someone needs forgiveness for a lifetime of rebellion or a single moment of pride, the supply is sufficient in amount and divisibility.

We read in the Bible of the mass conversion of thousands of people and of the individual. Jesus said, “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” Grace can reach the masses, but it can also reach the one.

And whether it is a healing a fever or raising the dead – nothing is too big and nothing is too small. It works in every application.

Instantly Portable

Bitcoin travels across borders without permission or delay. You don’t need a bank, a branch, or a vault to carry it with you.

So it is with faith in Christ. Jesus told His disciples, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” The Kingdom of God is not locked inside a building or trapped in a ritual. It is within you. It goes where you go.

Your faith doesn’t stay behind when you leave church. It’s not location-based or dependent on perfect conditions. God’s Spirit dwells in believers and walks with them through every valley, every trial, every relocation, and every burden.

Romans 10 says faith comes by hearing the word of Christ. This happens in an instant. It may be a process for someone to be willing to listen for those words, but once they are willing, the transaction of faith can be that fast. A dying man on a cross received salvation in an instant. A servant of a queen’s court as well.

Salvation and healing do not have to take 1-3 days to become finalized, nor do they have to wait 10 minutes for the next block of information to be recorded and confirmed. This is done instantly, wherever, whenever.

Forever Durable

Bitcoin is designed to last. As long as the network exists, the record of its transactions and ownership will endure. It’s not fragile. It’s resilient.

But the Gospel? It’s even more so.

Jesus offered eternal life—life that doesn’t wear out, expire, or disappear under pressure. Paul wrote that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Not hardship, not death, not even our own failure.

Salvation isn’t a temporary subscription. It’s a covenant backed by the blood of Jesus and the power of God. And that kind of durability doesn’t fail when life gets hard.

Jesus went so far as to say the earth and sky will end, but His words will outlast it all.

Mathematically Finite

There will only ever be 21 million Bitcoin. This fixed limit is what gives it scarcity, value, and trust.

In Christianity, there is a different kind of finiteness. Not in supply of grace, but in the Source.

There is only one Savior. One Name under heaven by which we must be saved. The Word became flesh—not many words, not many ways, not many people. Just one.

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. He is not one option among many. He is the only bridge between a holy God and broken humanity. The infinite became finite. God put on flesh. The eternal entered time. The One made Himself available to all. And died once for all, forever.

Perfectly Fungible

Bitcoin is considered perfectly fungible. One unit is equal to any other, regardless of where it came from or who owned it before.

That same principle rings true in the Gospel.

Peter wrote to Christians scattered across the Roman Empire, saying they had received “a faith of equal value.” There are no first-class believers. No second-tier salvations. The same blood bought every soul.

Jesus didn’t die more for pastors than for prostitutes. He didn’t save the wealthy more securely than the poor, or vice versa. In Christ, there is no Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. Every believer is equal in guilt, forgiveness, and value and at the foot of the cross.

In the world, people are divided by status, race, influence, and education. In the Kingdom, those lines get erased. We are not graded by how we started but by who saved us. We are sons and daughters of God.

A Greater Revolution

Bitcoin is revolutionary for money. It breaks the grip of inflation, censorship, and control. It empowers people with choice and ownership.

But Jesus does all of that—and more.

He breaks the chains of sin, shame, and fear. He restores dignity, agency, and purpose. He gives us something no currency ever could: eternal life, peace with God, and hope that doesn’t fade with politics, economies or time.

If Bitcoin is hard money, the Gospel is a hard reset for the human spirit.