Elon Musk's latest prediction: currency will disappear, energy is wealth, is Bitcoin the future hard currency?

I just listened to Musk's sharing in the latest podcast and was once again shocked by his bold predictions about the future. In his view, humanity is heading towards an era of extreme material abundance—and the "currency system" that we take for granted may ultimately disappear.

He proposed several disruptive viewpoints:

1️⃣ "Currency will no longer be a necessity"
With the development of AI and automation technologies, human productivity will reach unprecedented levels, and material needs will be greatly satisfied. When everything can be created efficiently, the traditional meaning of "money" will naturally diminish.

2️⃣ "Energy is the real hard currency"
If the essence of currency is a store of value and a medium of exchange, then in a world of material abundance, what is truly scarce and has universal value?
Elon Musk's answer is clear: energy.
Energy drives everything and cannot be created out of nothing. It is not controlled by the policies of a single country, nor does it rely on faith endorsement—it is the underlying chip of the physical world.

3️⃣ "Bitcoin is precisely a currency based on energy"
He particularly emphasized that the essence of Bitcoin mining is the process of energy conversion. Behind its value lies real electricity and computational power. "You cannot control energy through legislation, just as you cannot easily destroy the Bitcoin network."
This sentence is profound — Bitcoin may not be the final form, but it points to a future financial system where energy can be directly valued and circulated.

This actually reflects a larger logical closed loop:
Energy Acquisition (solar energy, nuclear energy, etc.) → Energy Storage and Conversion → Energy-Driven Production → Surplus Energy Becomes a Value Carrier.
If in the future everyone can produce and store large amounts of energy, will "trading energy with energy" become the norm?

Some may think this is a pipe dream, but think back:
Hundreds of years ago, we also used shells, gold, and silver as currency. The forms of currency have always been evolving. When a certain resource is important enough and universal enough, it may become "money."

Perhaps our generation is witnessing the starting point of a century-long transformation of the concept of "currency."
And Bitcoin, whether you agree with it or not, has already been pushed to the forefront of this transformative experiment.

What do you think?
Will the future really enter an era of "energy as currency"?
What role will Bitcoin play?