Bitcoin is simply a better implementation of the gold standard than gold itself was. It implements the same 6 key properties of money as gold, and is even better on some (such as scarcity).
Bitcoin's success will demonstrate that the gold standard was right, and that gold was the best version of money given the technology available at the time.
Despite the bust we saw in 2008, people forget the last bust of that much consequence was the Great Depression. Booms and busts occurred far more regularly before, as did bank runs, etc. That's why the federal reserve came into being, why the dollar was decoupled from gold in the first place.