Gold has been stuck in neutral for the last two years while Bitcoin has been setting new highs and breaking out to where a safe haven asset should look like. Are gold traders finally realizing that Bitcoin is the future and gold is outdated? Why is bitcoin outperforming gold so much?
It seems to me like comparing bitcoin to gold would be like comparing the invention of the computer to the typewriter. Computers are much more efficient and can do several other tasks other then just write, while a typewriter is much more bulky and is limited to what it can do and can only perform one function and task while a computer is used for several other reasons.
Bitcoin is used as several things rather then just a safe haven asset bitcoin can be used for transferring money more effectively and efficiently for a lower cost, it can be used as currency, online purchases, purchases anywhere in the world virtually. Bitcoin serves several functions while gold really only serves one purpose and one function as a safe haven asset.
One day Bitcoin might be worth several times more then Gold it is already worth nearly double the value of gold. In 10 years what will the difference be? I predict Bitcoin could easily be worth 10x the value of gold. Gold has a lot more supply them bitcoin and is much more limited as to what it can do.
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Using a dollar based price to compare to items that are so different is dangerous and misplaced. Also, remember nothing goes straight up.
Well truth be told, banks have been rigging the gold/silver market for years (almost a decade). They somewhat have to rig it, not so they can just make mass profits but also provide the appearance that the dollar has actual strength. Can't let the sheeple realize that their dollars are perpetually losing value and purchasing power. Proof:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-13/deutsche-bank-settles-silver-price-fixing-claims-lawyers-say
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gold-lawsuit-decision-idUSKCN125292
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-08/deutsche-bank-records-alleged-to-show-banks-rigged-silver-prices
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/r-us-appeals-court-revives-jpmorgan-silver-futures-rigging-lawsuits-2017-2-1001714231
I love cryptos and hold them. I think bitcoin will be much, much higher than the price of gold provided it sticks to its 21M max creation.
I agree
You got it!
It's amazing how we appraise something that we can't touch. Gold and silver it's been used as money since the beginning of every civilization!
True but there is a lot more gold and silver then bitcoins so maybe that's why the difference in price.
I think there letting bitcoin go, could be wrong, but they love something like this, we will see what the banks do. How far they let it go, or not go.
This assumes that gold is traded at fair market value. Also as a currency and not money (no intrinsic value) bitcoin and all crypto's for that matter could, in theory, go to zero. Gold, and all metals really can't, it is worth at the very least the labor of getting it out of the ground.
Gold isn't even programmable, plus it's impossible to carry in large quantities.
I suppose when you compare a thing of imaginary value to another thing of imaginary value you will often conclude it is worth more than a thing with intrinsic value.
If you can convince people that nothing is something, you can also convince them that its value changes from moment to moment.
lol, nice
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@acassity
Such a dangerous comparison that, I thought you would've stopped halfway. Both (gold and bitcoin as any numis) serve the same purpose. The comparison you made was no different than comparing, the run of gold versus silver. If you would've compared stocks to bitcoin then, it would provide some talking points, for what it's worth.
Thank you,
MFAS ( @sphap-steemit)
Thanks they are both a store of value but Bitcoin is going much higher and faster then Gold lately!
Gold will always be a store of value !Gold can't be suppressed by manipulated markets forever, buy when it is hated.
It will be but the markets just don't give it as high of a value then bitcoin the markets are acting like gold is outdated I should say.
As long as the London fix keeps suppressing the price with paper gold it won't have any yield. Natural and man-provoked events could wipe out bitcoin market in it's entirety. Theres a reason why gold has stuck around as currency for the massive empires and civilizations that have passed. It all goes back to gold.
People may think gold is outdated but when the electricity is cut off I think you would really wish u had some gold coin in your pocket. I'm slowly getting into crypto but at the same time I prefer to have the metal because it is time tested. I have some coins which are over 1000 years old and they still have value when I take them to the pawn shop. 😁
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