Bitcoin Forum

They all beautiful.

Because we cannot trade it digitally like btc,  we can't send parts of it to our friends  8)

Bitcoin is much easier to trade compared to gold. Yes both are good investments but Bitcoin is easily accessible and can be traded digitally compared to gold which is only tradable in actual.

having both bitcoin and gold is naturally a must-have but in terms of sight for bitcoin seekers not too concerned with gold, because the biggest and promising asset for now is bitcoin

Hmmm, I agree.
The bitcoin gives us +8~+9% per month growth,
And the gold only gives us +21% per year growth.

Well, the reason why I do not hold any gold is very easy.... "Executive Order 6102" ---  Executive Order 6102 is a

United States presidential executive order signed on April 5, 1933, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the

Hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States". The effect of the order, in

conjunction with the statute under which it was issued, was to criminalize the possession of monetary gold by any individual,

partnership, association or corporation.

*Why would you want to hoard Gold if the government can simply issue a executive order to confiscate it? That makes no

sense.  ::)

I have bitcoin but I don't have gold because I feel free to use bitcoin instead of gold. Also bitcoin is more profitable to me than gold. I can trade with bitcoin easily but not with gold. So why I don't have gold.

Gold's value is so slow. Slow as stockmarket price. One more thing, gold can be stole and Bitcoin is not. You need to hack the entire blockchain in order to hack the Bitcoin. Yes Bitcoin can be stolen, but If you have a clean PC, and hardware crypto wallet. Hack is impossible.

Very impressive! You are a veteran.
Salute!

But I don't think that scandal will yesterday once more.

Yes you are exactly right!
The bitcoin is safe than Gold for keeping.

I think efficiency will say here. because bitcoin is definitely superior in this regard. bitcoin has bintuk more liquid and easy to make in cash, while gold is not that easy. I also want to invest long-term with gold.

Because BitCoin is the future gold. Maybe better. :)

Yes! We can not identify the fake Gold. But we can easily identify the fake Bitcoin.
They are just-on-the-chain. Simply have a click, and go to see and that it is.  

FOr sure. Gold is also is a very good investment proven by time. Though not as valuable as in few years ago but still worth acquiring and holding for a long time.

BTC ultimately aims to replace cash but gold doesn't. A cashless society is a society (but of course the world is not ready for it yet) advanced. It does come with its' own drawback though but I believe it's still an advance all in all. The only way we trade in Gold again (for all expenses) in future means we will be going backward to the stone age ;D

I have both. Diversification 8) I have much more BTC for reasons stated above--the volatility is what provides me with profit, more so than gold, but I have been accumulating gold in small amounts the past several months for the sole purpose of diversifying.

I am too. Let me hug you well.
I think in the future the Gold will climb onto the 9000USD/ounces.
And Bitcoin at last will flying higher much much more.

I have gold, every month i always set aside from profits bitcoin trading to buy gold. because before plunging into the world crypto, i always set aside from salary to buy bitcoin. Then, now it's time for me to save gold. I have all three: work, bitcoin and gold.

I don't have gold and I don't think I will be interested in having one not because of any particular reason but because I don't just see it as something flexible as bitcoin. I could be wrong but that is my opinion and that is the same reason why I don't have some coins as well and its very much ok since I cant have everything even though I wanted to.

Compared to gold, Bitcoin easily translates the value and uses it as a payment method. In gold, we have to convert it into cash to use. In addition, you can use Bitcoin as a gift or send it to anyone you want without transshipment

Everything depends on investor's aim. For me gold is a good way to invest something in stable but I don't want to so this. Bitcoin is absolutely better choise because profit chanse is very high here, also bitcoin is very changeable that makes trading powerful. I can mine bitcoin and don't need any rights for that. I can use it online and in real life, it's currency and payment way, both at the same time.

correct. bitcoin ultimately boils down to being an experiment. an experiment that aims to accomplish several things that aren't really mainstream in this day and age: a decentralized currency, not backed by any central government or organization, and a completely digital means of a monetary system, completely separate from a government's legal tender. gold has an established place in today's world as an asset; it's glory days are over.

when it becomes scarce enough, and if demand for it still exists, it could definitely happen. that all depends though, if gold is still treated as a precious substance in the coming years.

Bravo! You will be happy at the last. You have all the Excellent variety support you.
But make sure don't have any stock-market investment. Note the 2008 will coming soon.

Interesting responses here. I wonder what all the people talking about gold regulation think is going to happen to Bitcoin. I mean, it already is happening.

The only real issue with gold is that it is physical. So, if you aren't holding it in YOUR hands then someone else is holding your gold in THEIRS.

You are a great man, bro, You see the truth, and please accept my worship.

Investment in gold and bitcoin would be the best option for everyone who have money for cold storage. Bitcoin raised five times from the beginning of the year and it's just amazing progress for bitcoin. People take loans to invest in bitcoin and for now such strategy also works. I don't have much money to invest, but I think cheap altcoin have chance to bring some profit as well, so I'm investing in it.

Gold and Bitcoin was good have, for some reason trading Bitcoin was more convenient than trading Gold.

Can you imagine you need process legal documents when in every transaction with Gold. And it was too risky for both parties.

Unlike with Bitcoin, just a few clicks o f your mouse and your done.

I would love to keep Gold as I love Bitcoin

If you have btc then why not have diamonds too ?  ;D funny isn't it ?
Well it depends on the person's mind if he wants to invest in gold or not but i don't think it's a bad idea to invest in gold.

If i had spare money for gold, it would all go into Bitcoin haha

You are very smart.

Many people have diversified investment plan. Have investments in cryptocurrencies, gold, property and stocks. It depends upon person to person. I too had a hugely diversified portfolio. But now I have majorly shifted to cryptos. They have huge potential and can give huge returns if invested wisely, more than any of the traditional investment asset today with less risk.

I agree that both of those two things are beautiful in their own perspective. Why bother having a gold if you have bitcoins in your wallets? I mean bitcoin's worth is more than gold by now. It surpassed gold this year. And do not forget that we stepped on the 5000 usd per bitcoin. What more if another year will pass? But that is not the end of bitcoin. A person that predicted something on bitcoin and proved right predicted again! He said that this year bitcoin's price would become 10000 usd. How cool is that? So why do you want to buy something that is not worth when you have something that is worth to hodl for. Will gold's price will pump? Just like the nature of bitcoin? Ask yourself. Buy more bitcoins.

One is the standard the other a former standard.

Some have suggested that BTC will replace gold in the coming years.  It's not a coincidence that Satoshi used the word mined to describe the process of how BTC are generated.  BTCs price has been predicted to explode to $100,000 per coin.  

Gold is still useful.  Its being used in jewelry and its demand in technology is increasing.  If civilization fell tomorrow gold could easily be used again as currency.

Just like gold BTC usefulness does not stop at being a currency.  The developers steering BTCs direction have shown they will modify the blockchain to implement new technology like 'smart contracts'.  Keeping it relevant for the foreseeable future.  

They are both good investments.

Well, i think every person have their own choose. it's true both investment are profitable investment but there is some people who not believe with bitcoin and there is some people who not believe with gold too or other reason for who has know bitcoin will choose invest their money in bitcoin because by invest in bitcoin, they can get a lot of profit.

The government can also issue an executive order to confiscate all Bitcoins, if they choose to do so.

Would you give your Bitcoins? Probably not. Would you give your gold? Only if you choose to do so.
Not everyone gave up their gold in 1933, even though owning gold was illegal.

all agree the value of bitcoin far exceeds that of gold.

in terms of ease of bitcoin easy to melt without having to go through a complicated mechanism.
different from gold.
excess bitcoin can be traded and get a quick profit.
small sample of gold and bitcoin comparison.

If it were really all about investing in things of value in order to accumulate wealth, you could invest in bitcoins, metals, works of art or real estate. But we are part of a new generation whose greatest interest are the new business schemes based on digital technology. That's why I have no interest in old investment styles and I'm more involved in bitcoin and cryptos in general.

To be honest I dislike it because I think that it's too over rated, and people sell artificial gold in the name of original gold, but in the case of bitcoin such a thing is never likely to happen. A lot of people own gold bitcoin now because they have been having it since generations and which is why gold is this popular, it's traditional and has been existing for hundreds of years  and bitcoin is very much new to the community.

Yeah this is the most accurate answer,
It is much more easier to trade it and we could split our bitcoin into sats and send to our friends or as a payment for our transaction,

I think a better way to put it should be, if you have some BTCs, why have some Gold? However, I consider bitcoin a better store of value than Gold so far with much more appreciation quickly than gold. That doesn't still stop anyone from having gold anyway.

Yes and in addition to that buying gold as an investment is not as profitable as bitcoin. Instead of blocking your money by investing in gold invest it in bitcoin because gold can be bought any time at more or less same price but if you miss buying bitcoin at the current price today you may have to buy it at a higher price tomorrow thus losing the profits you could have made if you bought it yesterday. I personally think that it's the best thing to buy bitcoins rather than buying gold.

It is so easy to do that if you have plenty of money to buy Gold and invest some of your money to Bitcoin then this is the real deal and wonderful of your wealth. But if you are just to invest your money to make a profit in the future I guess it is worth investing for Bitcoin more than Gold, as we all know the potential of Bitcoin compare to Gold.

You're fucking insane to think those numbers are going to continue.  But go ahead and count on those exceptionally high numbers.  You'll be the first one starting a "why bitcoin crashing??" thread.

I like silver better, just because of my small budget and lower premiums.  In fact I just bought some with bitcoin last week while bitcoin was just about $5000.  I lucked out with the timing.

Bitcoin is much more preferable than gold. First of all bitcoin is a digital currency which means you can bring it with you anywhere you go and you can't do that with gold. It is far more easier to trade and buy bitcoin too compared to gold. And lastly governments won't be suspicious of you when you have lots of btc compared to when you have lots of gold.

I think BTC is more precious rather than GOLd.  ;D
by holding BTC we can generate 2x, 3x profit

Exactly bitcoin is much easier to transfer to our friends or someone who need money. And if you want to earn more money its pretty to good to invest in bitcoin becauase you can get a profit here everytime the price of it pump. But if you wnat to make sure for your future, you must also invest gold. You can saved gold also with the help of bitcoin if you have a lot of it in tour wallet.

Easy solution large bling Gold Necklace on your neck, Nano S on your keyring you have you gold and btc with you at all times. 

Your point is correct and might be useful for some who does have money to buy for both bitcoin and gold. Investing halfway 50 percent% gold and 50% bitcoin is good strategy and have highest probability of profits. When you just stick to one assets at a time, the higher the risk. So I'm 100 percent agree to this proposal. It is not just beautiful but it is practical. Why others compared both if they can be mixed and worked together.

I used to hold a lot of gold (both in physical form, and in the ETF form). But a few years back, when the house construction was going on I sold all of my ETF units (and a majority of my Bitcoin holdings). But even now, I have around 30 oz. gold with me in physical form (Indian women are expected to have at least some gold, in physical form).

Remember that diversifying your money into different baskets is better than holding only bitcoin. That's why I also have some real gold, silver and platinum metals in my basket.

actually this makes some sense
since bitcoin is very volatile which gold is more stable

from the perspective of risk management
this could be a good strategy

I like gold and I want to own some of them but it is not like bitcoin that you can easy get a profit from it. Its value is stable in the market so it's not very attractive for a trader like me.

Eventhough I have bitcoin I could not have gold too because unlike bitcoin gold can not be digitally trade in and it is not that easy to trade. Although they are both good investments gold has scarcity nowadays.

If i do have the money,why not? I do have some trust on gold investment too specially for long term.Both are good  in your investments.If i do have the capability then i would go for 50:50 ration on my funds.Bitcoin and Gold would really be a good tandem if you do seek for profits and if its possible you can make or put money on other projects too.Diversification would be at its best.

Exactly! Bitcoin is much easier to trade than gold and bitcoin is divisible and can easily be sent to anyone while gold cannot just easily be sent to someone in just minutes and its not divisible unless you wanted to melt it and then divide it physically which would be expensive and will take more time than just mere minutes. But then if I can own a gold then I would like to because I believe in diversification of investments and besides gold is more popular than bitcoin though bitcoin has a higher price than gold but if you tell someone to pay in bitcoin, he might just accept it cause everyone knew it but if you tell him, you will pay in bitcoin and if he don't know it then you will have a hard time.

There are advantages and disadvantages between owning the two but then if I can own both then why not? Bitcoin's value is still volatile and gold's value is stable. Bitcoin has been existing since time immemorial and bitcoin is just under a decade. Oh well, I have some bitcoin now but later on, when I can afford it then I would like to buy some gold.

you should always diversify, but don't just limit yourself to gold. try looking around and see what other investments are more profitable. sometimes there are things that you can invest in based on where you live and make a lot of profit. invest in these and keep there somewhere safe.

but you will realize soon enough that holding bitcoin is the easiest of all! you can simply put it anywhere. on a piece of paper that nobody will even think about stealing. but if you keep gold a thief will take it and run without thinking twice.

Gold is the most inconvenient thing ever! Not to mention you face getting scammed a lot buying fake gold... Theres no such thing as fake bitcoin though, so you cant get fooled that yet, even if you're a newbie! Just gotta be careful of phishers and hackers.

I don't have some gold because the value of gold takes time to go up and we can't easily gold unlike bitcoin and bitcoin is more secure to hold that gold if you keep in your house you might get robbed.

First issue would be buying it from a legit seller. Most of them only cast the outside of anything with gold to make it look like it's a legit one. Second is storage. It's hard to store gold especially if you have lots of 'em, and storing it also comes with the risk of you being robbed by other people. Third is tax and it's self explanatory.

exactly, it's a big if on weather or not a law will actually be enforced; if the government (in these cases) does not have total knowledge of who controls a particular asset and how much of it, they cannot enforce this type of law. in fact, they have zero power to do so, and can only hope to rely on the people being honest and stepping up to disclose their holdings.

okay and? bitcoin takes time to appreciate in value too (and it can deprecate as well), can people actually not think this far? it seems everyone is hung up on the potential negative or not as positive aspects of an asset and either completely fail to process the fact in their brains that the exact same could be said of the other, or flat out ignore the fact.

I have bitcoins, but i have no Gold. Many reasons, that i have no hold the gold, Firstly, i don't know how to do business with gold.
And the others, i am online investor so i choose bitcoin. To deal with bitcoin is not a difficult thing.
Only buy bitcoin is lowest price and hold it as you like long or short time, both time periods give you profit.
But in gold, i don't know how to deal.

No matter what others say about gold, this is still one of the best investments you can ever have. The challenge is where to buy it legally and where to safely store it. I would love to have some gold too, even a few ounces would do, and then store them for a long time and watch how much it would grow in value compared to bitcoin. Would be nice to find out how both gold and bitcoin fare twenty or thirty years from now.

if you have extra money you can buy bitcoin   gold and $


bitcoin best way

gold you must be rich

$  need to pay more

Because in my opinion, bitcoin is very easy to use, safe, low transaction costs and very easy to trade.
As for gold, the risk of loss is very high and prices tend to slow down in line with economic stability.
So for investors definitely prefer bitcoin, because they want a quick profit, while the process of gold profits is slow enough for investors to generate profit.
Bitcoin is much easier to trade than gold.
I think both are very good for investment, depending on ourselves want to choose bitcoin or gold.

Would you give up your bitcoins if by law you will face capital punishment for this?
It all depends on the punishment you're facing.
Besides, you were allowed to own 5 or 6 oz so a lot used this to hide a few oz in the family so eventually you could own almost a kilo of gold legally.

Also I don't think there are that many people who don't have even a bit of gold.
Golden rings are a custom for marriage in a lot of places.

But gold bars... I don't know a single person in RL who owns or has told others (big difference) he owns gold bars.

you don't really have to be rich to buy gold though!
it can be a simple ring for your finger or a small necklace. or where I live there are these special gold coins that are issued by the central bank and are fully trusted. there are different types and the smallest one is pretty cheap and anyone can easily buy it. I believe similar things are available in other countries too. you can buy those for a small amount of money!

yess, they are beautifull
i i save my money to buy gold, for long invest. and bitcoin for short.
so i have deposit for future, its gold.

Yes, We know when the nature of society becames more and more ugly, the Bitcoin and Gold feels more and more gentle and beautiful.

Although, I don't own any ouce of bit of gold currently but would like to hold one not because its better but because there is nothing wrong in diversification of investments. But the issue is that its probably a digital asset because I don't know if anyone have a tab of physical gold so there is no much difference between it and bitcoin after all.

There are some reasons why NOT to gold. First is its availability. You know, it's not as easy to get gold as you think. Gold nowadays are considered RARE. Second is its accesibility. You can't just pick a gold anywhere, unlike bitcoin which can be access through the use of computers and smartphones. Most people even consider bitcoin as the gold of the modern age.

I am sure that in terms of physical beauty gold is much better than Bitcoin and you can show gold to others especially if they are already minted as jewelries. However, since gold is physical it can be bulky keeping and transferring them that's why we now prefer the new old -- the digital currency like Bitcoin.

Of course, if really have the money and if there is a more accessible way to invest in gold,  I might also be interested with that since it is good to spread our eggs in many baskets. Both are also considered as the safe haven with Bitcoin now also sharing the title.

For more useful and guaranteed savings ,i still prefer having btc. Since it's more convenient to have and can have anytime anywhere, gold were too pleasing in the eyes and are prone for danger

All that shines is only Bitcoins, gold was one upon a time a most sought commodity and it was very rich rewarding commodity but it's not anymore, over the years it's slowed down and these days it feels like it's dragging your portfolio down, while on the other hand Bitcoin is just increasing in value and has surpassed all other available commodities and stocks, gold could never have given such stellar returns. So that's why gold should not be part of the portfolio.

For all the things that we know together that bitcoin and gold also have levels of outstanding value, and they all have different values depending on how we do it. one of the things that we do have to understand of all the things there that we had to pick some things that indeed be the place to realize all that we want. Bitcoin is indeed suitable for short term gains, but also suitable for the long term. So is gold, but gold is much better used for the long term. It all depends on how we want it.

most people cant possibly buy some gold because gold is alot expensive and its not easy to get, you need to process some documents or etc just to have it. but bitcoin is a hell lot easier to obtain all yo gotta do is to go online and you can get it on any ways, also bitcoin does not require more stuff or process just to purchase it and bitcoin is still better than gold because its easier , faster and more ways of getting it plus no one controls or hold it  and you can also mine it just like gold , although gold is physical.

most people cant possibly buy some gold because gold is alot expensive and its not easy to get, you need to process some documents or etc just to have it. but bitcoin is a hell lot easier to obtain all yo gotta do is to go online and you can get it on any ways, also bitcoin does not require more stuff or process just to purchase it and bitcoin is still better than gold because its easier , faster and more ways of getting it plus no one controls or hold it  and you can also mine it just like gold , although gold is physical.

because if the investment in bitcoin can be turned to get a profit with a price that can be monitored movement, and the market is crowded. if gold, can not directly and handly.

Gold and Bitcoin was good have .Compared to gold, bitcoin easy for trade and uses it as a payment method but gold is a good way to invest something in stable. Well it depends on the person

Absolutely yes! Gold is an age old investment asset and also known for its stable price. So Gold has always been a preferred investment for many so safeguard their capital investment. However, instead of physical gold, I always preferred Gold ETF (exchange traded fund). Physical gold required secured place to store, probably a bank locker or something similar, so it requires a maintenance cost.  

On the other hand, Gold ETF is a de-materialized form of gold which can be stored in your demat account just like any other share certificate. And it can be sold in an exchange at any time. So it is also liquid in nature. So if you need an urgent cash, you can sell it in an exchange without paying any extra charges. So I prefer gold in ETF form for my capital investment security.

I will, I will buy gold from the profit I get from bitcoin trading, because both are a good investment for the future, so why not?

Well I do have some gold also, good gold, like 100 grams or so. Let me see: my wedding rings (my wedding was in 1997, I divorced in 1998, now I do not know where in this world, literary, is my wife), my necklace, other two necklaces, a gold doxa watch,... I am haiving this gold before having bitcoin and you know what: I could garther in 1.5 years about 0.54 bitcoin (I sold it when its price was 3000 USD, 3 months ago) whose value became comparable with that of the gold that I have. So what is prefferable, have some gold (for which I worked about 10 years) or have some bitcoin of the same value for which I worked 1.5 years?!

You can have them both, but bitcoin is easier to handle than gold. You can easily store, trade and spend bitcoin. But gold in the other hand is harder to purchase, store and spend. And bitcoin appreciates faster than gold, so if I have excess money, it will go to bitcoin than gold.

Gold is physical and I do not want to own gold in my house. In my place, it is very dangerous and if you are not careful, you might lose all of your money into thief and robbery. That is why most of my property is bitcoin and altcoins. I know how to protect myself from hackers and therefore, while using bitcoin, I do not afraid of losing money

In India, gold is rapidly losing its attractiveness as an investment asset. During the past 2-3 years, gold investments have given minimal returns, partly due to the fact that the national currency has risen by around 10% during the same period.

Literally, Im not the type of person that will collect an asset just because it's beautiful. But for investment, Im eyeing to have at least a decent Oz of gold even back when bitcoin price was still below at $500 level. Unfortunately I don't have an idea how to enter the gold market or does it make sense for a small player to enter this kind of trading activity which unlike in bitcoin that we can play and hold a fraction of it.

Up to today, Im not closing my door for gold investment. It's just that there is a problem about accessing it and lack of knowledge on which I didn't bother to learn. But who knows someday.

possibly reason is bitcoin price raises so fast & bitcoin gives us a chance to make a lot of profit from it but besides gold price raises so slowly & gives us low profit than bitcoin. furthermore bitcoin have some more facilities but gold haven't. i think that's people would like to investment with bitcoin than gold.

I see no reason for me not to buy gold, but not as a store of value but for me to make use of it. I only prefer to store my precious bitcoin as a store of value because its value appreciate more faster as compared to gold. And bitcoin can be easily use to purchase things online, send to someone and can be earn online through services rendered to companies.  

Honestly, i like the idea. Gold is also one of my investment dreams. If i be earning much in bitcoin, will put some in gold also. It can be an inheritance to my children's children too.

This. Not that my area is bad, but if someone broke into your house how likely would they be to steal a chunk of gold or jewellery vs demanding you to hand over your private key :D

If you got burgled by someone IT Savy with time to dig through your browser history and realise you got $$$ elsewhere well then I guess your screwed :D

I think bitcoin and gold are a very promising investment in the future, so it would be nice if we had both investments. bitcoin as an investment of digital currency and gold as an investment in the real world. each of them has advantages and disadvantages, so there's nothing wrong if you have gold and bitcoin at once.

I also invested in gold, but the percentage is not that big because gold's price rising is slow from year to year the rising is not too much, but if you see Bitcoin price chart you will see how fast the price rising, and then Bitcoin also can be used in gambling and for transactions

Why not....
Because in this day and age it just seems dull in comparison to bitcoin

I want to have some gold too but I find it more interesting just to stay with bitcoin and be with other investments but not with gold. When it comes to gold here in my country there are a lot of things that other people will think about you. That's why I'm trying to avoid to be on that situation and better rely with other investments including bitcoin.

for me very different gold with bitcoin, from how to get it alone is different, especially when viewed from the price. And I prefer the bitcoin rather than gold, because the price is soaring so much higher than gold, well though a little difficult, but where there is effort, there is a way out.

Bitcoin is more surprisible than gold.
And digital trade is better and faster.
You will earn much more money with bitcoin than gold.

The number one factor on why I do not own any gold right now is due to its nature, not being digital and virtual. Investing into bitcoin is as easy as walking in the park due to being available in the internet. Also, earning bitcoin is very convenient compared to gold, with a lot of paper works and stuff due to being regulated by the government. Lastly, earning bitcoin is easier since it serves as an equalizer among the rich and the poor in terms of having the opportunity to have one.

Totally agree with you.
Also, I would like to invest in gold too, but I am capable of just buying some golden items, noting more, to be in possession of something that has that value. Dose are my possibilities at the moment. So I am in bitcoin world only.

Golds price is not growing so quickly. Also, as far as gold is concerned, there is a high risk to be stolen or even accidenatally lost

I have silver and Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash  the new silver of crypto coins.

Having both maybe one of the best things that will happen in my life. Gold is also an asset but since the existence of bitcoin, but the latter has been the choice of most people since it can be easily invested due to the fact that it's digital and can easily be used in certain transactions. More so, most of the people can easily earn btc rather than buy gold.

i also like to invest my money therefore i like to choose bitcoin instead of gold, in fact bitcoin can give me a very quick profit that i cannot expect from gold, because gold has a very stable price and wee cannot expect such a big change in the price of gold therefore most of the people choose bitcoin so as get some profit after some time.

As an investor, i also would like go invest in gold, but rather than buying gold in the web and checking its price i would suggest you buy the physical gold and store it in a safe and tell no one about it, or you put that gold in the gold depository for safe keeping, in that way you can be sure that you already own physical gold than having someone send you a letter informing you invested in their gold, just like bitcoin you are sure that you have bitcoin when you storr it in your wallet and you can watch your investment grow. For those who just invest in bigcoin,i respect thd decision, however gold will still give you positive gains, so why not have both, fof me you just can't have enough if the good thing, which is positive returns, so that's why i suggest to also invedt in gold and not just gold, on investments that you would know will give positve results in the future.

I don't have gold because i am still waiting for my investment in bitcoin to grow to its maximum limit and i don't want to cut some of my profits in bitcoin just to have a gold which is a very slow investment that cannot compete with the fast of growing price of bitcoin and that is why i don't prioritize gold because i don't settle for slow kind of investment.

Chinese investors who had invested in Bitcoin has lost almost 25% in just 2 days. So Bitcoin is not a magic pill which can give you unlimited profits for ever. You need to realize that you can also incur huge losses, and sometimes you may even lose all of your investment.

obsously both are have value in the market and good investment holding of gold for long term are profitable for my prediction price value of gold goes up in every year, holding of bitcoin is also a very nice investment bitcoin profitable than gold because bitcoin keep increase if the price value bounce back, you can't year to get some profit to bitcoin, easy and fast use for thransaction.

simply because gold need to circulate in order to grow economy of a certain country and if  you keep that you are hoarding.
bitcoin is decentralize money or currency that grows and grows every day and it is not legalize

Because I think gold can not be traded in realtime via the Internet like BTC.

Gold is a limited rare earth metal in which people invest as an asset to give profit in future , so are bitcoins they are limited and are used as an asset.
But their is a difference between them . Gold is pure investment we cannot buy something from it we can just sell it , while bitcoins is also a digital currency. People can distribute bitcoins in several wallets and also buy online products through them..
Comparatively the digital investment that people do in bitcoins are faster and more profitable than the investment in physical gold.

Little wrong to call Bitcoin cash as the silver of cryptos, I think that's ETH. BCH is just a fork of bitcoin, and that all its nothing more.

Because you are thinking about bitcoin and gold in the same way which you should not. Bitcoin is digital asset whereas gold has physical form and its traditional type of asset. Then don't have much of the similarities and both of them have only one thing in common which is "they have value and can be traded". Otherwise the lack the integrity in terms of value growth in which bitcoin is always beyond the expectation and gold has been stayed where it was previously. There is no point in investing money into gold as long as you trust bitcoin because everything is all about having assets and money backed in the form of that asset. In terms of earning profits well, bitcoin takes the leap and we can't forget that it has started with cents and ended up with quadrupled thousand now.

I do not know why I am not interested in gold investment.
I am more interested in bitcoin.
because the advantages of bitcoin are much bigger than gold

Good doesn't have similar properties to that of bitcoin. It is very slow growing asset and divide my money into gold and bitcoin would be bullish trend because I m sure that I will loose money over the gold.


It's all about making money, profits from our investment and it doesn't matter if profits are coming from bitcoin or altcoin (gold have no chance). So I will invest money over that asset and would get as much profits as I can. :-)


I know both are beautiful but gold looks beautiful only in the real world as a jewellery worn by lady. To make that lady happy you just even with bitcoin and get some gold. :-)

I think it's two different investments, so it's not correct to compare it. But from the point of view of portfolio diversification it's not bad to have bitcoin and gold together. Why not?

bitcoin can send with small amounts and not depend on dollar like btc

but as you say both beauty   

if you have extra money

buy gold
bitcoin
 silver

Gold is precious but BTC is more precious than Gold.
We can trade with our BTC and easily increased our money through BTC.
It is not possible to trade with Gold Digitally as like as BTC.
We can buy Gold when we have enough money and we can sell them with our Buying price or with a little profit or little loss when we need money, it is not too much profitable.
On the other hand we can buy BTC when the price getting down and we can sell them with 2x or 3x profit when the price will getting up.

I don't think gold is a good investment.  it doesn't generate an income. , needs physical storage and insurance, Capital gains tax rates are higher on most gold investments.

Well, probably because they were completely different things. Well, yes, both are used of exchange, but they have different ways to be earned. Bitcoins are a digital product while gold are held. Bitcoins are earned through the use of internet and it is also earned somehow just like gold but there are differences.

I was regular trader equity , forex and commodity like gold silver from long time but I never seen this growth like bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency I think investing on bitcoin is far better than gold,

Trust me, the only I don’t have a gold is because there is no way I can earn such, and I’ve never such opportunity. If I do, bet me I will invest into it. But I will prefer getting the gold physically, not in any other way. I was got into bitgold; a gold company, but people believed they’re scammers, so I left for something useful.

May I suggest something that combines the both of them...XAURUM is the only cryptocurrency backed by gold. Upon purchasing xaurums, part of its value is assured with actual gold!

don't have gold yet because not think about it now. only use bitcoin as currency to and not an investment. because still afraid if lost in my investment  ;D

Gold is pure asset. you cannot use it to trade like you use the bitcoin. Bitcoin and Gold are only comparable by their value and demand and renaming all specification are quite different. And we don't have a gold forum like this to earn gold from there. ;D

There are gold related ICO nowhaving a crypto gold and a actual gold. So I think having gold as investment is a good iea too. Some related gold iCO were been successful too before. Though really habing an actual gold alone ia merely hard to obtain.

Because with gold you can buy only money i think? With bitcoin you can buy anything you want. and its a lot saver to trade with bitcoin.
Bitcoin will probably worth more than gold in the future so that's also a reason to not have some gold.

gold can be more easily physically stolen, cant buy things as easily with gold, gold is too stable as an investment, etc

It is possible since diversifying of investment is the best. It is just that I am more fund on bitcoin, some alts, parcel of land and land-based business. Maybe soon I can buy some gold.

If i'd have a hefty capital, i'd have some gold in my pocket, but since i'm only trying to climb up the ladder it's not an option.

Bitcoin is gold since it is very efficient and fast and you will enjoy a huge profit during the price increase. But let us not underestimate gold since it has existed since ancient times and was considered one of the very valuable item in the world. If bitcoin can enable you to cross borders around the world in making transactions without leaving your house, gold on the other hand will save you when economics collapse, internet collapse. So it is better to have both to ensure maximum profit.

 ;D
If I have money I would buy gold, bitcoin, real estate and some in bank. no risk

I think Bitcoin is playing a major role in the monetary system. it is becoming a profitable platform in comparison to the gold. so day by day gold is being replaced by bitcoin.
that is why I prefer to collect Bitcoin rather than gold. not for me but also many people will have to collect Bitcoin because of its profitable trend.

We also know Bitcoin is an asset for speculative in this year, of course if compare it to Gold, Gold cannot compete to it. Gold is an asset stable and has a huge community (maybe only behind Dollar), gold also is best choice for investment long term.

What a coincidence just yesterday A well known BTC Youtuber just posted a video on this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn-BynkplWk

If your intrested heres the article he's referring to in the video,

http://www.economicsdiscussion.net/money/top-8-qualities-of-an-ideal-money-material/609

Of course i would like to investment with Gold besides Investment with bitcoin Because recently I've noticed that gold price is iincreasing so high but m in future,  if gold price will go down, then i would like to give that gold to girl friend for temporary till the price go high ;D

it is more fun if you have that 2.
BTC is reliable and transferable all over the world EXCEPT if BTC is not present in their country
more faster than banking less fees

I think bitcoin is more valuable than gold. If I have some bitcoin I prefer to buy land in the countryside rather than buy gold. If the land value of the sale each year will rise if resold, if gold vice versa.

They have the same aspects because the way we can get this two is through mining. But literallly this two have different world. Real world and cyberworld. So basically speaking mining gold is legal and although mining bitcoin is legal but not in all country. We can't compare this two because gold have realistic value than bitcoin which not always on a stable value.

I think gold can only be used as an investment asset in the real world and can’t be used as a transaction tool unless you want to use your gold for a transaction, you have to exchange your gold with the valid currency in your country.
I prefer bitcoin because it’s more open to the public and unlike gold that tied to many rules to have it.

I think both gold and bitcoin are equally good to invest, but gold is a bit more difficult to invest than bitcoin because gold has its own different rules in each country, whereas bitcoin is not tied by a rule if we invest it online
I think it's better to invest bitcoin because if we invest it for long term, it will give us a quite great profit for us in the future

IMO if someone has bitcoins that he has dollars and gold also. Now how he has gold and dollars also, simple, bitcoin is also called digital gold, so that mean gold is in your hands but just in a different form. If somebody wants dollars, convert a little amount into it and he can have a lot of dollars... :P
So I just stick with BTCs and this is what we call "elegancy, all in one, best of the bests... "

I think that the combination of gold and bitcoin fits.
Every investment plan needs diversification. Gold is the stable value. Bitcoin offers the possibility to make profit, but it has risks.
Just focusing on one investment makes you completely dependant on the developement of this one product. And not every market always goes up.

I own both.

While my tiny investment in bitcoin compared to gold gained a lot more profits than my gold holdings, I am happy to own both.

Gold has a different purpose, it is the ultimate safe haven when everything but everything goes shit. Some people say that food&water&bullets are more important in an event like this but what will happen if you survive? You'll need gold to rebuild the civilization. Everybody will.

Bitcoin is just one step above from gold. It follows like this;

fiat > bitcoin > gold.

We are moving from fiat to bitcoin right now. That's why my tiny bitcoin investment made a lot more money than my gold stash.

If we ever start moving from bitcoin to gold, then you can start collecting food&water etc too... (some people does that for decades) and gold will sky rocket not to the moon but out of space  8)

Im contented in having some money on my phone and personally dont want to carry gold whenever i travel so no. Besides, with lots of thiefs around, having gold would only be a threat to your safety, would cause a lot of envy from family members so no to having gold.

damn you must live in a horrible place O_o and not have a great family either.

Bitcoin is a great toy, but we all need some real value stores. Personally, I make a point of extracting a portion of my trading profits every once in a while, putting it into gold/silver bullion, magic sealed, and some other stuff. no point in keeping all eggs in one basket.

There again I'm not a big trader, so we're talking about a couple of grand a year in bullion. nothing amazing.

Gold is a decent store of value but more and more gets mined each year and it can be changed via melting it, and has happened before thus inflating the price. BTC has 21 million coins and has a deflationary supply model.

right now i don't want to buy gold as my money is still in bitcoin but soon if the bitcoin price is high and i can cash out my bitcoin, maybe i will buy gold. i am thinking that if i have gold maybe i should save in deposit box in the banks so it will safe for my gold.

but unfortunately, if we want to buy gold, we need to save more money so we can buy that gold. and for me, maybe i only could buy in small piece first because my money isn't enough to buy in big amount.

As stated gold might be a threat in terms of safety, but compared to bitcoin it seems more secure. The reason is that with bitcoin the hacking opportunities as well the virtual presence without an product scaling. Depending on the benefits expected it's good to hold bitcoin along with bitcoin.

For me, although bitcoin and gold are both good investment, they have different characteristics when it comes doing them as investment. Acquiring gold, from jewelries and other the same requires huge amount of money, but they are stable and you can be sure that the price will surely increase after a couple of years. Unlike gold, bitcoin does not require that large of money to start investing to it, just a few dollars is enough, and you can also make bitcoin by rendering service online. The only downside of bitcoin is that it is volatile, No one can predict its price after two or more years.

Sure, that's why next to my coins, there sits a TREZOR with a 21BTC that are completely frozen, i.e. not to be used for trading or cashing.
However good or promising an asset is, it's never a good idea to keep all your reserves in just one type of investment.

Gold gets mined constantly, but that's hardly a problem. Gold is the kind of thing you take out of the safe when shit hits the fan so hard you need something that is immediately liquid, it does a decent job there, even if it costs you a % of what you spent.

Yeah at least with bitcoin you can carry it wherever you go without worrying it can be stolen easily.
Unlike, gold that's a hot item, everyone that see it can have a motif to stole.
I feel safe having bitcoin in my pocket than gold.

yes. they are all beautiful. but I prefer with bitcoin because they are more liquid and its use is easier. if we want to get profit, easy. we just buy it when the price is low and sell it when the price is high. very simple but working.

I totally agree with it. Gold is one of the most accepted form of investment worldwide and also legal. So gold is a must have item if your portfolio. The price of gold is somewhat stable which ensures the capital protection. Even if you don't want to get profit from it, you can use gold to make ornaments for yourself.

On the other hand, bitcoin is a crypto currency which is liquid and dynamic in nature. Bitcoin investment can fetch you a lot of profit in a short period of time. Also the prices can go down in a very short period of time which can make your portfolio looks bad. So yes, Gold and bitcoin both are great asset of investment. Gold for capital protection and Bitcoin for long term profit.

That's actually a very good idea, Though Gold is not as profitable as Bitcoin at the moment, i think it's good to hold on to some as a sort of backup so that in the even that the market crashes you will have a buffer to rely on because in this current age of business, the markets crashing is always a possibility and it's good to be prepared for it at all time.

When I see so many people claiming that crypto is liquid, I worry.
You're analyzing things with far too narrow a vision.

Liquidity has to be considered in worst-case scenario situations, not "if all stays like now".

Looking at the profitability of a store of value commodity like gold (and silver) is the wrong analysis. Those are meant to "lose you" less money than whatever catastrophe is forcing you to crack your piggybank.

BTC can easily trade online.
A portion of BTC can easily share to someone, friends and relatives.
Gold wont lose its value, but BTC gradually increased its value.
In my opinion its more profitable to have BTC than having a Gold.

Now I feel having gold is better than having btc atleast gold can't die . Bitcoin was affected just because someone said that Bitcoin was fraud. Also now I am hearing that the news of Chinese boycotting Bitcoin was fake . Slowly I'm losing hope/trust in Bitcoin and I would probably end up converting my btc into fiats

Many advatages why bitcoin is better than gold, frist is gold is work offline, it is physically shape, so you need to keep it carefully, its not dame bit bitcoiniy its work online based so you just keep your address and private key,so your bitcoin is safe, then second is you can trade, send and receive bitclin at real time anytime and anywhere. How about gold, if you want to sell it or send it to another people you need to send physiclly so it makes shipping cost.

It is definitely better having bitcoin than gold because the price of btc is higher than gold. We cannot transaction gold as well as bitcoin. So I think bitcoin is more profitable.

if for investment I prefer bitcoin.because the price is likely to rise from year to year,if gold, I buy for use not for investment,because I am a woman likes to decorate,
bitcoin remains the best for investment,

Because bitcoins are digital money and we can use it on a distance

btc is easily tradable and is a better investment than gold. both serve different purposes, you cant compare them

because every time im buying gold, im not buying btc ! and i much rather buy btc

You have a point others are just buying because they want it as a accessories and not really investment. Though gold is really a good investment a lot of people here still prefer buying bitcoin because of the rapid growth when it comes to price/value.

Gold could be a stable investation ground, but the growth of its market is low. Bitcoin can be an more lucrative investation alternative with its fluctuations and its market growth who keeps showing a promising growth.

There is a lot of ignorance about gold, unfortunately. People can own both cryptocurrencies and gold, and in fact they have much in common. Both cannot be completely controlled by central authorities, and both can potentially be stores of wealth. Gold is actually the quintessential store of value.

They have diffrent things in common.

1.Bitcoin can be traded to other currency (like fiat)
You can't trade told that quickly rather than cryptocurrencies

2.gold is physical and Bitcoin is digital (so you may have a little chance to lose your money from Bitcoin than gold)

3.yea they do have some value but, you can earn more with Bitcoin rather than gold.

Actually, bitcoin is easier to get than gold. Gold is rare nowadays, and we can not just own gold as easy as we own bitcoin. Another thing is that, bitcoin is a digital currency, while gold is a physical valuable element and is hard to find. Although gold has more uses than bitcoin, it is harder to acquire and keep unlike with that of bitcoins which can be bought and transferred online.

I don't think gold is as practical as bitcoin when it comes to storage and stranding. You can access your bitcoins in a few clicks in a pretty safe vault whilst you have to purchase a real vault for the gold. Also there aren't many places where you can trade gold. So the chances are that you have to travel quite a bit as well. Bitcoin is a lot more practical and profitable.

Gold is good, its more than safety than bitcoin but it can not give us a big profit as like as bitcoin. The more bitcoin we have the greater our chances of getting a big profit. So I don't want to sell some bitcoin and buy gold, its wastes our chances to be able to get a big profit from bitcoin

Gold is really a good investment.
But if you're spend some money for it, be prepared to wait for a long time before your ROI.
Of course you cannot sell gold in the amount you bought them in just a short period of time.
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Unlike when you invest in bitcoin.
You can carry no matter how large is the sum..
And you can have ROI in just a short period of time.
As long as you know how to trade.
:D
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There are pros and cons in everything that we do...
But its all up for us to decide what we will do...

gold can not used for trading, but gold can used for investment! but I have both, bitcoin for trading and gold for investment! I assume there will be many people who invest in gold

I invested a second, partly in gold and partly in Bitcoin, because they almost have something in common, a price that will increase in the future ..

Gold is a good investment ,cause most of us know that gold cannot be mined for ever,so when such a case comes to the eye then and only then will a person get a profit he had dreamed to get. Well that's not the case in bitcoin,it will increase and decrease everyday by big margins due to volatility. And that's the reason why most bitcoiners go for bitcoin and not gold.

yes, gold is beaitful but i think gold is better than bitcoin if you save it in a very very long term, but in butcoin you can trade or make transaction anytime, anywhere

You are absolutely right that there is no opportunity of getting more profit from gold if I have given a choice to choose between bit coin and gold ,I will prefer bit coin as the ratio of getting profit is high in bit coin than gold, gold has its own importance in itself but you cannot deny the profitability of bit coin.  

A beautiful thing should not be considered for securing our future purposes. I am not shocked when many people are not holding gold but only bitcoins. They are all must be wiser investors imho.

Everyone likes gold and they accept gold, bitcoin and gold just as good, but to get a faster profit of course bitcoin is better, now I make bitcoin as investment priority and next is gold.

For the same reason that i dont watch Divx movies anymore and watch bluray instead. Its the quality of service with bitcoin you can send millions of assets around the globe with little to no fee and no question asked and the fact that the gain you can get from bitcoin is much greater than gold could ever have...

I have gold, but bitcoin is more convenient and investment wise is more profitable than gold. Gold is a good store of value but bitcoin is better right now.

Many reasons for this.
1) Bitcoin price growth rate is very much higher than gold.
2) Many earning opportunities in bitcoin than gold.
3) Bitcoin is secure.
4) Convenient use, many stores and retailers are accepting it directly as payment method. Also it is easily exchangeable to fiat.

It's much easier for me to buy bitcoin than to bother with gold. In addition, in bitcoins I understand much better :)
I have several gold ornaments, but I do not consider this a very profitable investment. The price of bitcoin grows much faster, and its prospects are brighter. With the help of bitcoin, you can make purchases, travel, and also profitably sell without much effort, unlike gold.