Ever since bitcoin’s creation, numerous parallels have been drawn between this new currency and gold.
Gold supporters often reject bitcoin citing that the cryptocurrency is too volatile and not trustworthy enough to ever become a store of value.
Bitcoin supporters, on the other hand, make the point that bitcoin is fundamentally no different from gold, and that it improves on aspects like seizure protection and inflation predictability.
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