Bitcoin or Gold? What would you pick?

[Amph]

diversification is the way to go. It shouldn't be Bitcoin or Gold, much better to go Bitcoin and Gold.
In the event of a global fiat collapse everyone will recognize gold/silver as a value holder.
They are hard to store though and a lot less liquid then Bitcoin like currency.  
  

A gold bar worth £25k is about the same size as a mobile phone, it is not hard to store.

yes and its weight it's also in the range of 100g? no way, you're basically wearing 1kg in your pocket for only 25k

when i can carry million in my smartphone, in bitcoin, without nothing

[markj113]

diversification is the way to go. It shouldn't be Bitcoin or Gold, much better to go Bitcoin and Gold.
In the event of a global fiat collapse everyone will recognize gold/silver as a value holder.
They are hard to store though and a lot less liquid then Bitcoin like currency.  
  

A gold bar worth £25k is about the same size as a mobile phone, it is not hard to store.

yes and its weight it's also in the range of 100g? no way, you're basically wearing 1kg in your pocket for only 25k

when i can carry million in my smartphone, in bitcoin, without nothing

So is that scenario applicable to 99.9% of people?

If you converted people's bitcoin assets in to gold I think most would not have trouble with transportation of equivalent gold weight.

These are two of my 100g bars, current value just over 16BTC, really not hard to carry or stash away (they also feel better in the hand than a memory stick or paper wallet )

[chokesir]

diversification is the way to go. It shouldn't be Bitcoin or Gold, much better to go Bitcoin and Gold.
In the event of a global fiat collapse everyone will recognize gold/silver as a value holder.
They are hard to store though and a lot less liquid then Bitcoin like currency.   
   

Well i don't see storage as a problem. I am in the camp of bitcoin on this, but having some good information is half the argument.
With bitcoins being easier to user and having more potential being a real big asset, bitcoin is my choice for usre.

[deisik]

These are two of my 100g bars, current value just over 16BTC, really not hard to carry or stash away (they also feel better in the hand than a memory stick or paper wallet )

I assume you carry (store) them in some transparent plastic casing? Wanna see the picture of your gold fully packed, lol...

Seeing gold naked makes me feel uneasy, wtf

[markj113]

These are two of my 100g bars, current value just over 16BTC, really not hard to carry or stash away (they also feel better in the hand than a memory stick or paper wallet )

I assume you carry (store) them in some transparent plastic casing? Wanna see the picture of your gold fully packed, lol...

Seeing gold naked makes me feel uneasy, wtf

No need to keep them in cases, they are poured bullion bars and fondling them is half the fun.

[makingwin1]

i think i would pick gold because i strongly believe that its price can fall like bitcoin price can, if bitcoin price would go down to 0 i would be broke then

[Yakamoto]

These are two of my 100g bars, current value just over 16BTC, really not hard to carry or stash away (they also feel better in the hand than a memory stick or paper wallet )

I assume you carry (store) them in some transparent plastic casing? Wanna see the picture of your gold fully packed, lol...

Seeing gold naked makes me feel uneasy, wtf

I'm not sure why you'd find plain bullion bars uneasy, for gold that's the best variety they come in.

I own silver, and if I didn't have to deal with the oxidation issues, I would be touching them a lot too. There's just something awesome about being able to feel the value, much in the way physical Bitcoins are valued as a way of feeling the money.

[deisik]

These are two of my 100g bars, current value just over 16BTC, really not hard to carry or stash away (they also feel better in the hand than a memory stick or paper wallet )

I assume you carry (store) them in some transparent plastic casing? Wanna see the picture of your gold fully packed, lol...

Seeing gold naked makes me feel uneasy, wtf

I'm not sure why you'd find plain bullion bars uneasy, for gold that's the best variety they come in

You didn't get it. I feel uneasy when someone touches naked uncased gold (with his greedy and sweaty little hands, lol), whether it is bars, coins or whatever. Gold is a soft metal very prone to wear and tear, so when you are fiddling with your naked gold bars (for fun or whatever), you are literally eating away at the value of your gold...

So beware of losing it eventually

[deisik]

Where I live physical gold mostly comes in the form of investment coins, and they are all cased for protection

[avw1982]

BTC for short term high risk investment and gold for long term low risk low profit potential.

BTC can be considered for short and long term investment too, it depends how you consider it.
Investing in bitcoin has a higher risk when we compare investing in gold but the profit can be much higher than gold.

Where ever you go You find a risky terms in that situation we can find that. Even Gold may also risky for stone age people But Now that’s precious for us. As bitcoin Comes It will not risky for It will be 100% percent best investment for us. For now and Future.After halving We gonna see market demand of bitcoin.

[markj113]

Where I live physical gold mostly comes in the form of investment coins, and they are all cased for protection

@ deisik what coins are those?  Always looking to add something new to my stack -

Added a few oz more since I took this picture, up to 41 troy oz now

[deisik]

Where I live physical gold mostly comes in the form of investment coins, and they are all cased for protection

@ deisik what coins are those?  Always looking to add something new to my stack

These are St. George the Victorious gold coins emitted by the Central bank of Russia

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23523.html

[markj113]

Where I live physical gold mostly comes in the form of investment coins, and they are all cased for protection

@ deisik what coins are those?  Always looking to add something new to my stack

These are St. George the Victorious gold coins emitted by the Central bank of Russia

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23523.html

I've actually been looking to buy one off these recently.  Are you able to source them and if so what is the cost?

[deisik]

Where I live physical gold mostly comes in the form of investment coins, and they are all cased for protection

@ deisik what coins are those?  Always looking to add something new to my stack

These are St. George the Victorious gold coins emitted by the Central bank of Russia

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23523.html

I've actually been looking to buy one off these recently.  Are you able to source them and if so what is the cost?

They are not rare. I guess you can easily find them at one of your "sources", just ask. Here you would buy them in one of a few banks that trade in gold

[markj113]

They are rare in the UK, I've never seen them for sale in any of my usual bullion dealers.  Sometimes they crop up on eBay.

[deisik]

They are rare in the UK, I've never seen them for sale in any of my usual bullion dealers.  Sometimes they crop up on eBay.

Here is the list of banks that sell gold coins and bullion. For example, the first in this list is asking 20,900 roubles per coin...

This is around $285

[markj113]

Looks like the equivalent to a UK full sovereign.

[deisik]

Looks like the equivalent to a UK full sovereign.

The weight of the coin is 7.78 g. That amounts to 285/7.78x31.1=1139 dollars per troy ounce of gold. As to me, this is not a bad price for a gold coin as of now

[shane]

limited supply, more potential future, stronger and bigger comunity also i can send it simply, i can trade it everyday 24/7
that why i choose bitcoin

[takingthis4]

i would pick bitcoin because i really like it and i dont prefer using gold