This is because traditionally silver was used for small daily transactions while gold was
used as a store of wealth and was not used in everyday life.
In this analogy the age of Bitcoin's blockchain is similar to the thousands of years of recorded history where gold functioned not
only as a store of wealth but also a real medium of exchange.
Goldman Sachs looked at four key properties of a long - term store of value — durability, portability, intrinsic value and unit of account — concluding that the reasons why gold was originally
adopted as a store of wealth remain relevant today.
Nations have embraced
gold as a store of wealth and a medium of international exchange; individuals have sought to possess gold as insurance against the day - to - day uncertainties of paper money.
The value of this new asset class is a function of the breadth of its
acceptance as a store of wealth and as a means of payment and simply judging by other stores of wealth such as gold, cryptocurrencies have the potential to grow further from here,»
Somewhat unsurprisingly, therefore, bitcoin has become a welcome currency alternative as
well as a store of wealth in the Southern African nation.
«Bitcoin had four main value propositions - anonymous electronic cash; cheap and scalable transfer of wealth; programmable money; [and] absolute
scarcity as a store of wealth,» he explained.
You will still be able to use
it as a store of wealth, sell it for local currency — or other digital currencies — based on the relevant exchange rate (s), send it to other Bitcoin wallets, and use it as a means of payment all around the world.