For those buying gold for apocalyptic/pre-apocalyptic situations, crypto makes no sense. If everything goes to hell, there'll be no usable Internet, so it'll be

For those buying gold for apocalyptic/pre-apocalyptic situations, crypto makes no sense. If everything goes to hell, there'll be no usable Internet, so it'll be difficult to verify transactions in sufficient nodes. But a chunk of gold will still be a chunk of gold. In a more probable scenario, strong regulation kills the crypto. I believe either scenario is far from plausible, but the case for gold makes sense for people that do.