Gold Or Bitcoin

What’s the better store of wealth? Gold has seen quite a surge in price lately, exceeding $2400 an ounce. Bitcoin at $70000 has almost returned to its all time high as well. So there's definitely a big desire these days for alternative stores of wealth that aren't the U.S. dollar. This begs the question — which of the two is the better dollar alternative? Gold's popularity Let's talk about gold first. Gold is timeless and has been used as a store of wealth for millennia. There's actual physics based reasons that it's so popular: It's scarce. Its density makes it hard to fake. It has a distinct appearance (other rare metals like platinum and palladium tend to look a lot like silver). It doesn't tarnish like silver. It's not reactive so it won't randomly decay or combust. It also helps that it...