I used to own physical gold prior to understanding #bitcoin. But I sold every single gold coin as I realized: 1) Money is a winner-take-all; the best money wins, all others lose 2) Gold has other use cases, which is actually not a good feature for money 3) Gold’s supply is variable, and tech could and possibly will exacerbate it And most importantly! 4) In practice, it is actually not portable, divisible or recognizable. Of course you can carry it from point A to point B. But in the world we leave in, there is a myriad of barriers and threats between A and B that realistically impair gold’s portability. And if you want to divide it or verify it, realistically you will have a hard time to do so. Never mind the risk involved in having your wealth physically available. Once you realize the power of multi-jurisdiction multi-sig, you cannot unsee it. Gold is just a rock.