That doesn't stop me from handing it down to my offspring as an heirloom. Eventually it becomes legal again.
Gold can't go "poof". Bitcoin can.
I agree, gold is less of a gamble. It still is not a unit-of-account anywhere in the world and it can be confiscated, albeit not as easily as Bitcoin.
And Bitcoin has more upside, but from $50 it has 10X more upside than from $500.
Don't pretend has suddenly become less volatile. It is only a $6 bullion mcap.