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I suspect they may be somewhat comparable. Owning $100k in 1 oz gold coins is only about 20 coins. Pretty easy to move around and to keep secure. Not obvious that it's harder to secure than bitcoin. Bitcoin has a digital attack surface that gold doesn't. Depending on how you secure your keys, Bitcoin may or may not have a similar physical attack surface to gold.

On the other hand, it's much easier to move and secure a truly large amount of bitcoin than it is to move and secure a truly large amount of gold. But for individual households, bitcoin may actually be more risky.

I think where bitcoin does have an advantage is in how easy it is to verify and transact. Gold would be hard to transact with, because your trading partner needs to verify the gold content and you have to physically be present.

This is a good point in bitcoin's favor. The value of the UTXOs does not make it any harder to custody or secure.

That said, its always trade-offs. I really don't like it when bitcoiners slam gold. Gold is pretty awesome. Don't get me wrong.

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