Does anyone have any idea how many people are using gold as a store of value vs btc? And how long do you think until we have the same user Base as holders of gold?
I think the stat for gold is everyone on earth can hold 3 wedding rings worth of gold each between them. Presuming nobody hordes it which of course they do so maybe just the one each but the point is though rare gold can actually be used and held by everyone if they want.
This has been true going back thousands of years and gold itself does not degrade hence it passed through famlies and cultures and even we find it buried in ground and once again Gold from a Viking King returns to modern day usage even if its just in a museum. This kind of legacy makes gold a behemoth of world finance, its the ultimate reserve currency
So the deal with gold with almost impossible to beat. This is like trying to edge Coke out of the fizzy pop industry, its not happening and you be lucky to even distribute a tenth of what the business they built up. So bitcoin is nowhere near, if we get one tenth or even one hundredth of gold transactions and asset holdings by the world it would be gigantic news for Bitcoin.
People might then point out US treasuries are more highly valued, a bigger market then gold. Its true but in 1980 the yield on US debt was 20% and inversely its worth was low, its not a stable market its just a trend that will pass most likely. Dollar itself relied on gold, now its free wheeling till it comes to a stop as momentum is surely towards negative value for all holders with gov deficits continuing