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by simonh 1973 days ago
Ive come to regard gold as super-bitcoin. In theory they could be considered similar as value stores and hedges against the economy, but BTC is just way too volatile and unreliable.

Maybe in a generation or two things will be different, but at that point do we need both? Right now I'd say gold is much safer, but long term BTC is much more convenient. The comparison reinforces y opinion that BTC, despite it's relative ease of transaction, is more like an asset than it is like money.