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by mlmonkey 15 days ago
Gold is the "bitcoin" of yesterday, in the sense that it is untraceable, anonymous and yet high value enough to be worth it.

And it can be made to disappear in a hurry, if you have to: https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/10/03/140815154/d...

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None of those points match bitcoin. What you are describing is more like tornado cash or similar stuff which are really really banned when interfacing with banks or similar institutions.
> untraceable, anonymous and yet high value enough to be worth it

Literally none of these is true of Bitcoin.

Btc is neither fungible, untraceable or private. The only actual currency which is comparable to gold is monero xmr.