A lot of people seem to think gold is the answer to all our problems. Every time the economy takes a turn for the worst, people turn to gold.
that there are tons of gold stored in secret vaults under government buildings You have the only entry to your investment, when you invest in Bitcoin. { The private key } The proof that it exist, is on a public blockchain....
Gold is transportable and tradeable wealth, thats why in turmoil its valued. Maybe Asia gets richer and your high level skilled worker (growth economies value skilled labour highest) is then moving thousands of miles away. This is where he sells his fixed asset like a house and must then purchase goods in that foreign country, in between gold is inevitably involved in foreign exchange even if the man himself does not travel with it.
The gold under gov buildings is long past a factor in anything, this died with Nixon now its politics and USA as superpower etc. The whole point of QE and modern debt is we no longer have notes connected with gold, its reliant on creditors like China to hold the debt and use it in goods trading. Saudi Arabia and Japan also, its a factor in the relations to these economies and anything which shakes those countries upsets us all with dollars.
Its heavily political with any great upset or turmoil turning the tables from debt value to gold possibly or even bitcoin as we've seen. Anything is tradable but how well it carries value over time varies alot, gold is the most durable