Topic: Which is better store of value in 2025? (Read 358 times)

If we ask which one performs better in 2025, I would say Bitcoin. If we say which one people prefer more around the world, I would say gold. We shouldn't expect people to suddenly change their centuries-old means of saving and storing value. More people will trust and invest in Bitcoin this year than in 2024. But Bitcoin has many years to go before it catches up with the popularity and use of gold.

You would think people start to understand Bitcoin is still incomparable to Gold for Safety during catastrophes.

Things were too new, too fresh years ago.  We had no significant event to show us whether Bitcoin can be a refuge in case of a global crisis.  Although we did have signs of Bitcoin not behaving too well during smaller crises.

But now we had two big events.  Pandemic AND war.  And Bitcoin did very bad for the beginning of both.  Until there was an assurance that with proper caution and measures things are getting lineary better, Bitcoin did a horrible job against Gold and other Commodities.

Bitcoin is not THE 'store of value' to have.  In the event of Fiat going crazy and possibly even dying, maybe circumstances would become different.  For now however, the largest horrid events we had speak loud words about how people treat Bitcoin during such times.

Gold is still a better store of value compared to Bitcoin. But if we are talking of a long term profitability, that's where Bitcoin falls into places. Bitcoin is volatile yes, we all know but with time, it's price continues to accumulate upwards due to its limited supply and high demand. Someone who invested same amount of money on gold and Bitcoin  in 2012, would have already made a whole lot of profits from hodling his Bitcoin. Though we had many ups and downs along the way but where we are now cannot be compared to where it was in 10 years ago. We can't talk same for Gold. So yea, while gold remains a good store of value over time, it's profitablity is low compared to BTC.

You have said it all. Those who are seeking for stability and a proper regulatory framework will definitely choose gold over Bitcoin. Not everyone is interested in decentralization, privacy or patient enough to handle bitcoin's volatility. I will recommend gold to anyone who intends to retain the value of his asset for just 2025. This is because gold is more stable.  Bitcoin may likely surpass the price of gold, but a true investor needs more than the year 2025 to get good returns.  Anyone who really wants to appreciate the value of bitcoin should focus on its benefits in the longrun and not just for a short while.

Bitcoin has its unique features, for p2p decentralized transactions, while gold also has its features as well, gold is used for so many things, like jewelry making, used in tech to produce some electronics. What you should know is that, as there are people who are investing in Bitcoin, that's also how some persons are also investing in gold. You don't have to compare the two.

it has pretty low chance to become worthless but never zero, the main reason holding people back from creating synthethic gold is the impracticality, cost outweigh the result, but what happen if we finally found out a way to create synthethic gold in cheaper and faster manner? well there goes the value that gold has.

meanwhile BTC programatically created to be limited in supply and secured by miners, the only way to do something harmful to BTC is if you can prepare gazillion of money to attack it, which is both impractical and waste of money.

I believe in 2030, BTC will be more practical as a store of value than gold but we'll see, as of now, yes gold is good.

So far it has proven that it's secure and unhackable. Bitcoin is public. Anybody who has the capacity to try hacking the network or take advantage of a bug is free to do so. On the other hand, the gold that we are buying through brokers and other platforms we cannot verify. Unfortunately, gold reserves may be fake. Even China's official gold reserves might have some fake ones.

My knowledge about quantum computers is next to none. I've read discussions about its possible impact on Bitcoin. Each time I do that, I end up assured than worried. The beauty of Bitcoin is that it's a technology that can be upgraded. New threats could be countered.

Gold, on the other hand, can't fight against growing technology-- a sitting duck. For one, it can be faked. Second, it can actually be created. Third, it is abundantly available somewhere else. With technology fast advancing, we could be flooded with new supply-- fake ones that are almost genuine, man-made ones that are cheap to produce, and ones that are mined outside earth.

I know very well that many people do compare bitcoin with gold but the thing is that go to is the first digital currency that dominated before the distance of Bitcoin but since the existence of Bitcoin many people value Bitcoin as an asset more than gold so I believe that based on how people do up for bitcoin investment that is what to drop the value of gold and many people fail not to have more interests in gold, so coming to 2025 I believe that since bitcoin has been topping the League of investment in digital currency I believe that the gold will not to have the same value or traffic as bitcoin is having a much traffic now because of more investors are coming in.

The one you're more familiar with. If you don't know squat about bitcoin and you're over 50, perhaps meddling with software you don't understand isn't the wisest of your choices, unless you've read what's this bitcoin thing, and you allow yourself to consider new information. Gold will serve its purpose, more or less, but bitcoin will obviously appreciate more if you keep it for another four to five years.

Which is the major reason so many investor would pick Bitcoin over gold. Bitcoin has a promising future as it's adoption continue to grow and spread even to some of the early haters like government of many nations just because they have now seen it's potential to yeild so much profits in constant market circle of 4 years. Looking at its history alone you would know that it's an asset that have proven it's worth even in the midst of so much hate and discrimination.

"Bitcoin's volatility and regulatory uncertainty"? For real? We're in 2024 2025 and people still use these narratives as if we were in 2016? Anyway it depends on your level or risk: of course bitcoin is riskier than gold because it's newer but at the same time it can give more returns. On the other hand if you are the type of person that checks bitcoin's price every 5 minutes and you panic after seeing a -3% then just go with gold.

Are you looking for which one is better, or are you looking for a better way to save yourself and your assets from inflation? Both will help you escape inflation as long as you don't hold it in your local currency; if you need something more stable, then you can go for gold. It's an option for you; its value appreciates and depreciates over time, but not as much as Bitcoin. That volatile nature of Bitcoin is also an advantage; while you hope to use it to escape inflation, your assets stand a chance to see a higher profit, much more than you can realise in gold vis-à-vis.

If i got a dollar for each time we have had to discuss this, i might have a few thousands right now. The answer to your question has not changed, the comparison is unnecessary, as an investor why not try to buy the two of them, and if you have to choose one over the other, it will depend on certain reasons, i.e. portability, volatility, age, etc.

People who are older and don't want to be exposed to volatility and risks will surely go for gold. As for which is a better store of value, i would still say gold, based on how long it has been around and how well it has performed all these years.

gold may still be the best asset as a store of value, especially in the current uncertain economic situation, gold is the best choice for many investors to store value because its value is stable and widely adopted by people globally. while bitcoin itself is also good to be adopted as a store of value, but its price still tends to be unstable, and makes many people more worried about putting their assets in bitcoin. not to mention the legality of bitcoin which can change at any time, it is a consideration for many people to make bitcoin a store of value.

Both Bitcoin and gold is the best for store of value for our money. But those who don't knows about Bitcoin will choose gold as their store of value because they can see the physical form of gold. They can not see what Bitcoin form although they can see the price of Bitcoin but that will not makes them to invest in Bitcoin. But the investor will likely to search for the other things like gold so when they see Bitcoin have that, they will use Bitcoin as their investment like gold. They can use Bitcoin and gold for their main investment, both together so they will have a good store of value that they can use if the situation become worst.

Okay, so you're asking the million-dollar question,Bitcoin or Gold as a store of value in 2025?  That's a tough one, and honestly, nobody has a crystal ball.  My gut feeling?  It's complicated. Gold has a long history as a safe haven asset.  It's tangible, it's been around for centuries, and people generally understand its value.  Inflation concerns?  Gold often performs well during inflationary periods. Bitcoin as The volatility is the HUGE elephant in the room.  Its value swings wildly.However,  the argument for Bitcoin is that it's decentralized, no government or central bank can control it.  This appeals to a lot of people, especially those wary of traditional financial systems.  If Bitcoin does become more widely adopted and regulated , that could significantly impact its stability as a store of value.
My highly speculative 2025 prediction Gold will likely still hold its position as a trusted, albeit less exciting, store of value.  I think Bitcoin could become more stable if certain regulatory hurdles are cleared and widespread adoption continues , but that's considerable if,  It’s likely to remain significantly more volatile than gold.
The Diversification is probably your best bet.  Don't put all your eggs in one basket, whether it's Bitcoin or gold.   The future is uncertain.  This isn't financial advice   I'm just a person sharing my taught on the matter

yeah, and the fact that everyone understands where it stands then it makes a lot of sense some people can see a lot of potential in Bitcoin this year and i don't think Bitcoin has a specific year to give a good potential value and the fact that bitcoin price is not stable just makes everything more and more difficult for a lot of people to understand and the price of bitcoin can go higher and the same time goes lower so it depends on what is trending at that particular time and with the cost of bitcoin I don't think anyone should be bothered because even if you invest and the price is going down it will still go up.


Bitcoin is a long-term investment and this is why they have similarities with gold so you do not have to worry about whether the price will go up or not both gold and Bitcoin are not bad options at all, they both appreciate in value just that the timing of appreciation is different and there factors that everyone looks at before they start investing so there is no hard feeling on which side the person invest in.

Bitcoin has more potential and applicable use cases in the times to come.
So people and enthusiasts should rely and learn it - and start doing it now.

Whenever bitcoin and gold are compared my answer is going to be the same: both at the same time. They serve different purposes and have different characteristics like gold being one of the oldest assets and less volatile while bitcoin being new and full of potential that is both medium of exchange and store of value at the same time.

So in the long term, both bitcoin and gold are fantastic as a store of value.

In short term, we can analyze their markets separately. For instance gold has been rising a lot over the past couple of years but that is not increased adoption, it is the fear of global instability caused by the tensions and armed conflicts around the globe. If that subsides, gold can start coming down.

On the other hand bitcoin has been rising a lot more than gold (or anything else for that matter) over the past couple of years but that is because of increased adoption. Meaning there is not much that can bring it down because it is solid.

Since I believe the situation in 2025 is not going to be any better than 2024 (it is more likely to be worse) we can see the same thing as 204. Meaning gold will continue rising, specially if this new US president goes crazy and implements his tariff wars against the rest of the world and cause more inflation and recession. Meanwhile bitcoin is being hyped up a lot and we could enter a true bull market and see new and surprising ATH values this year...

Gold has been a good store of values and while bitcoin has also gained potential values, it's been reguided based on it economy performance as digital gold.
I'm not going to act certain of which asset would do best this year but I'm sure in a long run, bitcoin will be an ultimate global commodity reason why's because it volatile can drive price spikes based on Speculations and adoptions while gold mostly tend to do well particularly on global economy downtimes such as when crisis that leads to inflation.
Besides, the value of gold has been tied on regulatory compliances making it a scarcity asset driving it values.
Bitcoin potential to ever do ever do well than gold is due to it decentralized potentials which means it valuability can't be manipulated as gold. If we can just have a far technical thoughts towards the values of our valuable commodities referencing it to regulations and then understand that government doesn't want you to get rich so that they can always decide for you on what to do, then we'd understand how poor and imprisonment the centralized marketing commodities such as the gold really is. So therefore, bitcoin of it non custodial commodities is what holds the spring of your values potential to beat the inflations and keep your asset safe for you untimely due to its digitalization.

So look at the angle were bitcoin has stayed not up to 15 years but has showed over 200% annually while gold existed in hundreds of decades has only it best on 10% annual performance. Also noting bitcoin at $100,000 plays an anticipation of reaching less not less than $180,000 plus comes 2025 based on investors Speculations and it's a reliable hold that it Dip has tendencies to price hike again.
As being obvious, high institutions and governments are already pushing towards storing their values on bitcoin which is to say bitcoin is being foreseen promising in a long run as a store of values.