[kevinthew]

Gold has embedded demand via governments, a global jewelry industry, and yes industrial demand. Bitcoin demand is speculators (mostly) and a handful of people who use it as a transactional value store. Comparing the two is a waste of time - they are nothing alike - but ignoring that the supply and demand picture for gold is way more stable -- global demand for gold does not halve over a few months, which is likely what drove the price shock with Bitcoins.