Comparing it to gold doesn't make sense; we've been off the gold standard for a long time. What it should be compared to is minting coins, printing money, and b

Comparing it to gold doesn't make sense; we've been off the gold standard for a long time. What it should be compared to is minting coins, printing money, and banking. (As far as banking goes, I'm not sure bitcoin really solves any of those security issues.)