I prefer to use bitcoin than gold.
If I had gold I wouldn't know what to do with it or where to store it.
I would be so paranoid that someone was going to steal it from me.
So yes.. I prefer to use bitcoin any day over gold.

If you worried just for securing gold, then you can find many options like bank lockers to keep your gold safe. But for investing purpose, I like both gold and bitcoins because both have different advantages. Gold will give more stable long term profits but bitcoins prices are more volatile, so I can make some quick profits from trading.