my preferred store of value would be either stocks or real estate.

bitcoin only works as a store of value as long as other people believe in it.

with the right stocks and the right real estate you don't need anybody to believe in your investments for them to have value.

yes there are meme stocks and there are real estate bubbles but overall people need homes and commercial buildings and businesses.

nobody "needs" bitcoin. if bitcoin disappeared tomorrow the world would go on as normal. even if you believe that bitcoin is what stands between us and absolute tyranny then it can still be replaced by any meme shitcoin.