[paxpelus]

If you walk down the street you will see literally hundreds of people owning it as an asset. BTW - it even has a high degree of utility as an asset because it cannot be tampered or destroyed. Also - it has some real life uses (Everledger, MiVote etc.) And yes, it's highly speculative. Imagine the first people using gold as a currency - crazy right?

[dragandj]

If you walk down the street of my city (population close to 2 million, outside US) you will probably see zero people using Bitcoin. If you are extremely lucky to find one that uses it, it is someone that speculates in it, and never ever thought of using it for "real" transactions.

[AstralStorm]

Gold can be tampered with. Debasing gold currencies (and other precious metal ones) has a long tradition. Likewise producing jewellery from cheap substitutes as opposed to 24k. As has plating with it.