[smt88]

Gold does not have to be the official currency for people to use it to save their money. They are free to do so now or any time.

[programmarchy]

Not any time. Gold was confiscated by the federal government during the Great Depression. I imagine it'd be much more difficult to confiscate Bitcoin.

[quickthrower]

http://m.quickmeme.com/meme/3thb4w

[CyberDildonics]

That is orthogonal to what I said.