At first glance, this may appear to be simply a list of separate and interesting qualities about Bitcoin’s superiority. However, it’s more than that.
Each point should be taken as synergistic with the other points. There is a cumulative and combination effect, like a network effect, where each point builds on or multiplies the strength of the prior points. For example, the ease of breaking apart and combining together leads to fungibility, which leads Bitcoin to be a better unit of account, which is a greater monetary property. Furthermore, fungibility alone is not enough to make something become “money”. Steel, oil, and water are all fungible, but all are too heavy to function well as money. Other things may be valuable for their weight, but are not fungible, and thus not money, such as diamonds, other gems, paintings, and animal pelts, stocks or housing. Also, there are numerous properties of Bitcoin that help make it easier to transport.
For a long time, I was distracted in my thinking about Bitcoin by the idea that money needs to be a “just weight and measure”. Gold has a weight and measure. In contrast, Bitcoin has no physical weight. But to weigh and measure means more than just physically. You can weigh and measure the value and truth of an idea. So “to weigh and measure” means also to “compare and contrast” and to “evaluate”. In a story in the book of Daniel, a king saw a hand write on the wall, “mene, mene, tekel, upharsin”, which means you have been weighed, measured, and found wanting. This did not mean he was skinny or light in physical weight; it meant he was evaluated and found unfit to rule, and he was overthrown that very night.
I am evaluating and judging the properties of Bitcoin and Gold in this article. In fact, the verses mention using “judgment”.
Leviticus 19:35-36
35 “You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
The verse ends with making a point about God reminding his people that he brought them up out of Egypt, out of slavery. They used to say gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of merchants, copper is the money of peasants, and debt is the money of slaves. The Bible also says the borrower is the servant to the lender. Abstract money might be the money for people who can think in terms of abstract concepts.
So consider the strength and veracity of my arguments, and their totality, with the following idea in mind.
“A greater number and greater quality of monetary properties leads to greater monetary value, over time.”
Finally, consider the length of this list. Many other lists only contain 5-7 ways Bitcoin is better than Gold. Some lists contain as many as 10. I have not seen any other lists longer than ten. Until this one. The thoroughness of this list may mean it is the best source of this type of information in the world. Ponder that as you consider the list itself.
24 Ways Bitcoin is Superior to Gold
- Impossible to Counterfeit
Bitcoin’s cryptographic security (SHA-256, ECDSA) prevents counterfeiting, unlike gold, which can be faked with tungsten or copper bars coated with gold.
Why it matters: Eliminates trust issues and assay costs, ensuring absolute authenticity.
Verifying Bitcoin is as simple as checking a blockchain explorer like Mempool.space.
- Fixed and Predictable Supply
Bitcoin’s 21 million coin cap and halving schedule (next in 2028) are coded and unchangeable, unlike gold’s ~1.5% annual supply growth (total 210,000 tons mined).
Why it matters: Absolute scarcity strengthens Bitcoin’s store-of-value case. These top two properties, combined, help to make the strongest case for why Bitcoin is said to be a “money-go-up technology”, but there are more reasons, as follows.
- Decentralized and Censorship-Resistant
Bitcoin’s decentralized network resists government confiscation (e.g., 1933 U.S. gold ban) or control, unlike gold, which is physically seizable. Gold can be seized at borders and is subject to capital controls.
Why it matters: Offers financial sovereignty, critical in unstable regimes or crises.
For you: Use a hardware wallet to maintain control of your funds.
- Lighter with a Greater Value to Weight Ratio
Bitcoin has no weight at all. Gold is more valuable than silver, in part, because it is more valuable by a similar unit of weight, which leads to ease of transport. Paper money in the form of $20 bills, and even $100 bills, has both a greater weight and volume than a single ounce of gold now. If Gold is more valuable because it is lighter, then Bitcoin has the greater advantage.
- Less Risky to Transport
Bitcoin moves globally in minutes via digital transfer, while gold requires costly, slow physical shipping. Shipping gold also requires insurance, which grows increasingly complex when shipping across multiple national jurisdictions.
Why it matters: Bitcoin enables borderless wealth transfer, ideal for global finance.
For you: Send Bitcoin to anyone with a wallet address, no intermediaries needed. And nobody can stop the payments or steal the shipment.
Historical aside: In the 1800’s, banks increasingly hated silver, which was more costly and heavier to ship. Shipments by rail or stagecoach were being robbed. Insurance is not a fix, because insurance is always going to be a profitable business, and is thus more costly than the thefts.
- Cheaper to Transport
Bitcoin transaction fees (~$2-5, even for millions) are far lower than gold’s shipping/insurance costs (1-5%).
Why it matters: Cost efficiency supports frequent or large transfers.
- Faster to Transport
Bitcoin settles in ~10-60 minutes, vs. days/weeks for gold delivery. Perth Mint used to claim it took months to ship silver across the Pacific Ocean. Gold dealers, before going bankrupt, often take 6 weeks or more for delivery.
Why it matters: Speed enables real-time global transactions, facilitates real trade, and speeds up the pace of business.
- Cheaper to Store
Bitcoin storage costs ~$50 for a hardware wallet, compared to gold’s vault fees (0.5-1% yearly).
Why it matters: Low-cost storage suits long-term holding, especially for small investors.
For you: Invest in a hardware wallet like Ledger for secure, low-cost storage.
- Easier to Verify Authenticity
Bitcoin’s blockchain verifies authenticity instantly for free, unlike gold’s costly, time-consuming assays.
Why it matters: Trustless verification builds confidence without third parties.
For you: Use explorers like Blockchain.com to check transactions with a TXID.
- Higher Liquidity and 24/7 Trading
Bitcoin’s ~$2.3T market cap trades globally 24/7, unlike gold’s limited exchange hours and lower liquidity.
Why it matters: Instant access suits dynamic markets, benefiting new investors.
- Global Accessibility for Purchase
Bitcoin is buyable via smartphones globally (e.g., Binance, Coinbase), even in underbanked areas, unlike gold, which requires dealers.
Why it matters: Democratizes wealth storage, especially in developing regions.
For you: Start with trusted exchanges, but verify platform security.
- More Divisible
Bitcoin’s 8 decimal places (satoshis) enable microtransactions, while gold requires costly physical division, called refining and minting costs.
Why it matters: Supports small-scale use, enhancing medium-of-exchange potential.
- Easier to Recombine
Combining Bitcoin is seamless, avoiding gold’s costly smelting, re-minting or appraisal. Refiners and mints go bankrupt, just like dealers do. Bitcoin eliminates the need for them.
Why it matters: Eliminates physical recombination costs.
For you: Consolidate Bitcoin in your wallet without fees or time or risk.
- More Fungible
Every Bitcoin is identical, unlike gold, which varies by purity or form (bars, coins). No need for costly “coin grading”. No need to stamp ridges into the edges of coins to prevent coin shaving.
Why it matters: Uniform value simplifies trade, though blockchain analysis slightly complicates this.
- Resilient to Supply Chain Disruptions
Bitcoin’s digital nature avoids gold’s vulnerabilities to mining strikes, trade bans, or shipping issues.
Why it matters: Ensures consistent “production” during global disruptions (e.g., 2020 supply chain issues).
- No Import/Export Restrictions
Bitcoin’s borderless transfers bypass gold’s customs duties and restrictions.
Why it matters: Simplifies international wealth movement, especially in restrictive regions. Russia used Bitcoin to bypass banking restrictions.
For you: Move Bitcoin globally without customs forms.
- Transparent Public Ledger
Bitcoin’s blockchain allows public auditing, unlike gold’s opaque ownership records.
Why it matters: Reduces fraud and enhances trust in transactions.
- Potential for Enhanced Privacy
Bitcoin offers privacy tools (e.g., CoinJoin, Lightning) to obscure transactions, unlike gold’s traceable in-person or bank-mediated transfers.
Why it matters: Protects user privacy, though this requires technical knowledge.
For you: Explore CoinJoin for private transactions, but proceed cautiously.
- Harder to Steal (with Proper Security)
Bitcoin with secure key management (e.g., hardware wallets) is harder to steal than physical gold.
Why it matters: Protects wealth, though user errors (e.g., phishing) reduce this edge. People can trick you and scam you out of your wealth regardless of the form.
For you: Never share private keys; use multi-signature wallets for added security.
- Programmable for Smart Contracts
Bitcoin’s scripting enables automated escrow or conditional payments, unlike gold’s static nature.
Why it matters: Adds financial flexibility (e.g., trustless lending), though complex for beginners.
Source: Bitcoin Taproot upgrade (2021).
- Growing Acceptance as a Medium of Exchange
Bitcoin’s payment use is expanding, unlike gold’s impracticality. There are Bitcoin credit cards that can be used anywhere.
Why it matters: Enhances utility as money, though not yet rivaling fiat.
- No VAT in Many Regions
Bitcoin often avoids value-added taxes (e.g., 3-18% on gold in India), unlike gold purchases.
Why it matters: Reduces costs in specific regions, though not universal.
For you: Check local tax laws.
- Bitcoin Eliminates Many Middlemen
Bitcoin can still be lost as crypto exchanges go bankrupt. However, in the gold market there are far more middlemen, and corruption is everywhere. Consider with gold there are brokers, gold banks, futures exchanges, refiners, mints, retail dealers, and coin grading companies, the post office and mailmen.
- Higher and Faster Historical Price Growth
Bitcoin’s ~154% annualized returns (2010-2025) outpace gold’s 8-10% (2000-2025), though with higher volatility.
Why it matters: Bitcoin’s price that has been going up so fast attracts growth-seeking investors, and may be due to the market discovering the inherent truths on this list.
Yet, the growth rate with Bitcoin might slow down as the market matures.
I may add to this list as I learn more.
In my experience, we cannot simply examine one side of the issue. We have to consider the other. So let’s examine ways gold might be superior to Bitcoin, and see if they hold up.
10 Ways Gold Might Be Better Than Bitcoin
- Historical Longevity and Universal Acceptance
Gold’s 5,000-year history as a trusted store of value across cultures outshines Bitcoin’s 16-year track record (since 2009), inspiring confidence among conservative investors. This is the top, most important, and most indisputable point, and thus, listed first.
Why it matters: Proven reliability appeals to conservative and risk-averse investors.
2. Larger Market Capitalization
Gold’s $23 Trillion market cap (2025) exceeds Bitcoin’s $2.3 T, offering greater liquidity and trust, but Bitcoin’s rapid growth could narrow this gap. Unlike most of the other properties, which are inherent and unchanging, this one might change, which is one of the main points of this article. If Bitcoin has inherent properties that are superior to gold, then this may result in a higher market cap for Bitcoin, given more time.
Why it matters: The Gold market’s current size offers greater stability and liquidity. For now.
The Gold market supports larger trades, but the gold market was too small for even China to buy when it held $2 trillion worth of US Bonds, back when the entire gold market was a mere $2 trillion back at $300/oz. around the year 2000.
3. Lower Price Volatility
Gold’s volatility is typically (10-20% annually) lower than Bitcoin’s (30-50%), offering relative stability, though gold saw spikes (e.g., massive spike up and down in 1980, another big move up in 2008, and another in 2025 currently). Bitcoin’s volatility may decrease as its market cap grows.
Why it matters: Stability reduces risk for cautious investors. While these are current and recent conditions, it may change. So, again, this is not an unchanging property.
4. Simpler to Understand and Use?
Gold’s physical form appears to simplify buying and holding for some, but counterfeiting risks (e.g., fake bars) require expertise, unlike Bitcoin’s counterfeit-proof blockchain.
Why it matters: Gold’s apparent simplicity suits non-tech users, but fraud risks complicate it.
Pro tip: Avoiding 10 oz. gold bars that may be tungsten-filled, or gold-plated copper 1 oz. bars may require seeking out US Gold Eagles to buy.
5. Broader Institutional Adoption?
Gold’s central bank holdings (35,000 tons) outpace Bitcoin’s limited institutional backing (1% in ETFs), but Bitcoin’s adoption (e.g., state reserves) is growing. On the other hand, institutions that short your gold, while promising to hold gold for you, that they don’t have, is a big risk for 99% of gold investors who continue to trust the system.
Bitcoin’s increasing institutional purchases may favor Bitcoin for a value increase.
6. No Reliance on Cybersecurity?
Gold avoids user-level cyber risks like online hacking or bankrupted crypto exchanges, unlike Bitcoin, but the gold market is digitally manipulated via futures and ETFs, or overvalued “collector” coins, introducing multiple systemic risks.
Why it matters: Both Bitcoin and Gold have no counterparty risk if you “hold the keys offline” or “hold the gold offline in your vault”. But both are similarly at risk if you own each through brokers that own them for you.
7. Physical Tangibility and Tech Independence
Physical gold can be held without tech, unlike Bitcoin, but most gold investors (~99%) hold or store gold with digital brokers or ETFs, requiring the internet.
Why it matters: Gold offers limited tech independence only for direct physical purchases and physical holders.
8. Intrinsic Value from Non-Monetary Uses
Gold’s industrial uses (~7% of the market) and some jewelry demand may provide a value floor, unlike Bitcoin’s purely monetary role, but most jewelry is investment-driven.
Why it matters: Minor non-monetary demand adds a tiny safety net to gold, in theory. On the other hand, Bitcoin, as a tech invention, may suffer due to increasing technological advances and crypto competitors.
9. Resilience to Regulatory Bans
Gold’s physicality and status make bans less likely today, unlike Bitcoin’s digital restrictions, but past U.S. bans (1933-1974) and current import restrictions mean both suffer. I think this favors Bitcoin, because anyone with a cell phone can buy Bitcoin.
10. Physical Durability
Gold’s near-indestructible nature preserves value, unlike Bitcoin’s digital loss risks, though gold can also be lost (e.g., shipwrecks, theft, or government confiscations).
In sum, 9 out of the 10 ways Gold might outshine Bitcoin don’t hold up under close examination. This shows our insights on Bitcoin are correct. Only one point in favor of gold remains. Longer history. That’s it. And currently, the market cap and volatility favor gold. That’s not much to go on.
Let’s pause and reflect.
This list should not be taken as a bash on gold. I understand and like both gold and Bitcoin. A key point of money is that it is divisible. This means one can divide one’s holdings across numerous investments.
I like TEXITcoin for the following advantages. This is a short summary.
- TEXITcoin is a Bitcoin redo, and has a market cap of: $104 million, at a price of $2.08 per coin. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/texitcoin/
The small market cap means it can still go up a lot.
- It has a price chart going back about 1 year, showing an average monthly gain of about 40% per month.
It trades on dex-trade.com. https://dex-trade.com/spot/trading/TXCUSDT?interface=classic
- There is a plan in place to continue going up by about 40% per month, until it reaches about $1 billion market cap, or $16/coin, on pace to reach that by February, 2026.
Source: https://help.minetxc.com/the-path-to-16-by-february-2026/
The plan has worked for 9 months so far, so I trust the plan will continue to work.
- There are multiple plans in place to continue the growth beyond $16:
- Here is an hour-long explanation of TEXITcoin by the founder, Bobby Gray.
“The Official TEXIT Story”
Passcode: =D3$FP2G
- TEXITcoin is designed as a transparent and honest cryptocurrency.
- TEXITcoin is minable, and highly profitable to mine.
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