Gold is always pitched as an alternative currency and hedge against fiat devaluation. But it still relies on a functioning financial system (most people own ‘paper’ gold vouchers, it can be confiscated at borders, etc) and in times of crisis, financial systems have been known to not function.
Bitcoin has been successfully used in Venezuela, Nigeria, Lebanon, and to a degree, China.
Has gold ever proven as useful?
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