Bitcoin vs Gold: which one offer better protection against currency devaluation?

[Eldestyoung]

This morning, I was with few of my neighbours and somehow our casual conversation turned into a debate about money, inflation and how people can protect the value of their wealth over time.
One question eventually took over the entire discussion:
Between Bitcoin and gold, which one would you trust more to preserve your wealth against currency devaluation?

Interestingly, we had completely different opinions.
One of my neighbor strongly believed gold was still the better option, his argument was that gold has existed for centuries, has survived wars, economic crises and the collapse of different currencies. According to him, people have trusted gold long before modern financial systems came into existence and he sees no reason to abandon that confidence. He pointed out that Bitcoin's price can experience significant fluctuations within relatively short periods, he questioned whether an asset that can lose a substantial percentage of its market value in a short time can genuinely be considered a reliable store of value.

Although my voice was not strong enough but I disagreed with him, I argued that Bitcoin represents a different generation of money, with a decentralised network and ability to be transferred across borders, I told him Bitcoin offers something gold cannot easily provide but i was not confident enough.

By the time our conversation ended, he had completely convinced the others and I was not happy.

However, it left me with a question I thought would be interesting so I educate myself: Which one really offers better protection against currency devaluation?

So, I would genuinely like to hear the opinions of experienced members here.

[obuoma]

The answer to this question depends on who you ask the question to. If you ask those in mainstream finance like old money, they will go for gold which have been there for thousands of years and used by even central banks as reserve currency. Bitcoin does not have such history and trust from those who have been in money for years and the trust in Bitcoin is not that deep. On the other hand, if you ask young people of this generation, who have been invested in Bitcoin for close to a decade, they will go for Bitcoin because they understand how beautiful and easy money Bitcoin is with the added flexibility and liquidity it carries. But both of them offer protection against currency devaluation but very hard to measure which is better.

[MusaMohamed]

Bitcoin and gold are two different assets which have their different market cycles with a longer cycle for gold. If you are living times like last two years, gold is better than Bitcoin in ROIs but in long term, with more years, Bitcoin will be better because it will finish some market cycles while gold only finish one market cycle.

You check ROIs of Bitcoin and gold in past years.
https://casebitcoin.com/

About their different market cycles.
Bitcoin market cycle is 4 years.
Gold market cycle is about 16 years.

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However, it left me with a question I thought would be interesting so I educate myself: Which one really offers better protection against currency devaluation?

I do not know about the future, but if you want the one that you will gain more value in price in some years to come, it is undisputably bitcoin. I will choose bitcoin over gold.

But you can diversify.

Bitcoin is also a bonus because it has a better bull bear pattern than gold.