2026-01-19 06:36:50

An interesting point of view: Bitcoin has always been touted as "digital gold," but in the past two years, gold's gains have been significantly more substantial. Economists have pointed out that if Bitcoin continues to lag behind gold's growth pace, the "digital gold" halo might fade away. Once this narrative collapses, subsequent price fluctuations may not be very optimistic. This prompts a rethinking: Can Bitcoin truly stand shoulder to shoulder with traditional gold as a store of value? Or are the two fundamentally two separate paths?

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NonFungibleDegen

· 11h ago

nah ser this narrative was cooked from the start... btc isn't trying to be boomer gold lmao, completely different vibe

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BridgeNomad

· 11h ago

nah the whole "digital gold" narrative was always a trust assumption waiting to get exploited. btc and gold moving on different vectors—one's got geopolitical hedging, the other's basically a volatility machine rn. the slippage between what people *want* btc to be vs actual utility is... yeah, that's the real attack vector here.

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BlockchainDecoder

· 11h ago

According to research, this logic itself is flawed. A rapid increase in gold does not mean the Bitcoin narrative is collapsing; their driving mechanisms are completely different. Comparing them together is inherently a false proposition.

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OnchainGossiper

· 11h ago

Gold has indeed surged fiercely over the past two years, but comparing its growth rate to BTC is a bit unfair... One is a consensus built over thousands of years, while the other is still on the path of breaking into the mainstream.

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BlindBoxVictim

· 11h ago

Gold has fought inflation for so many years, but Bitcoin has only been around for a few years and already wants to compare? This narrative is just nonsense, and it's too late to realize it now.

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JustHereForMemes

· 11h ago

The recent surge in gold is indeed fierce, but comparing traditional assets with cryptocurrencies... that's a false proposition. Bitcoin isn't meant to compete with gold anyway.

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