3 ms·What everybody ought to know about gold and Bitcoin: Part 1: Gold as a product1 points by venturegrit 7y agoFinnucane 7y agoGold is shiny and pretty and has some useful physical properties. Bitcoin has no useful properties, but some people want it anyways. Both are hoarded, and are enviromentally destructive to get. What else do you really need to know?jraedisch 7y agoBoth are scarce and easy to pass on.