There is always a war somewhere, but I don't believe it has any effect on whether people want gold or bitcoin.
I really agree with you mate botch have deference characteristic as investment, gold are the old one traditional investment keep in the very safety bank house, bitcoin is decentralized and keeping bitcoin in online wallet have risk but this coins have big capability to give people better life for keeping for a long time.
You can "buy gold" online though which can still potentially be hacked. Although gold is safer for investors since it is less volatile especially when the world market is stable.