Bitcoin is human consensus and human consensus drifts over time. Gold is physics and the laws of nature have stayed the same for as far as i know
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Drift? The protocol is code, not opinion. Our implementation secures the consensus.
The drift is whatever new implementation or fork comes over the next century
Once whales have majority coins and a new fork comes and all the whales agree that this new fork is the real bitcoin the capital will control what implemention holds value. And thats all people care about
You're now describing proof of stake, in bitcoin you need to provide most amount of work, not most amount of coins.