In my diploma thesis I deal with the possibilities of using the cryptocurrency bitcoin as an alternative to the current monetary system. The aim of my work is to find out the principles and rules under which a monetary system in which bitcoin would play a major role could operate. For this reason, I will try to compare Bitcoin as much as possible to gold and its role in the period of the classical gold standard, from which I will try to deduce the similarities between these two investment assets. Next, I will examine the degree of influence of authoritarian bodies on such system and how a monetary policy could work in "Bitcoin Standard". At the same time, the work also discusses whether there is a real possibility of adopting such a monetar...