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Many bitcoiners are butt hurt to see gold going parabolic. Zoom out, bitcoin has performed exceptionally well so far this decade and will continue to do so. Gold is having its day because governments are falling back to what they know as the dollar reserve system comes into question. China is setting up a parallel settlement network using gold and it's using gold because it's been reliable for millennia and, more importantly, has the liquidity profile to settle the size they need to settle if they're going to compete with treasuries. This does not change the fact that bitcoin is superior in every way to gold. It's a harder money that's more easily divisible, easier to send, easier to verify and easier to custody. Bitcoin still has many trillions of dollars of market cap to add before it can compete with gold from a liquidity perspective. I am more optimistic than ever that bitcoin will reach this point because more people are learning these facts every day and the infrastructure around the protocol is advancing at a faster pace than I've ever seen. Square's release this week is the latest example of this. 4,000,000 merchants across the United States are currently being forced to ask the question, "Should I accept and hold bitcoin?" How many do you think will take the plunge? Zoom out. image

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They have 2 very different uses. Gold is the currency of war. The arms manufacturers and dealers won't accept fiat in war time because they know countries default on debt. And once they have their physical gold, it is very difficult to have it seized. Crypto has never been tested in that scenario, and considering how easy it is to seize funds (like the15 Billion just taken), I doubt these folks are going to switch anytime soon. This is Gold / Crypto situation is not a zero sum game like the Fiat / Crypto one is.
Accept the lesson: For Bitcoin, Store of Value hinges on becoming Medium of Exchange, without it gold has broader appeal. Therefore, we must make a special effort to make the Medium of Exchange usecase real. It is #Bitcoin's true strength – once we stabilise volatility. That's the mission of Bitcredit Protocol.