I have been studying #bitcoin and I always compare it to #gold. After reading many books and articles, watching and listening to hours of videos and podcasts, I have two conclusions that bother me:

1. Bitcoin is less #fungible compared to gold.

With bitcoin UTXOs, we know complete history of a #satoshi. If for any reason, my sats were once held by an individual now blacklisted by the #state or simply if it was mined by a country state doesn’t like, my bitcoin could be #tainted. So, my bitcoin then doesn’t enjoy the same tradFi and #fiat privileges as some other bitcoin. With gold, your gold is always same as anyone else’s gold.

2. It is easy to lose your bitcoin.

Gold is hard to destroy. It is easier pass on to your next of kin, and every ounce of it mined thousands of years ago still exists today somewhere. While bitcoin offers better security than gold, the flip side of that is losing your private keys.

2.5: Another consequence of #2 might be that there will be less and less bitcoin available to use as years pass by and if #elasticity of #money is important for #economy bitcoin will never be functional money.

Can someone comment on these #criticisms and let me know if I am missing something? Thank you!