Useless? Maybe what you meant was that gold cannot be acquired by an average person compared to bitcoin. If that is the case then I would agree with you, an average person just like me cannot easily have gold unless it was given to me or I have inherit it. Unlike bitcoin, gold cannot be earned by just joining signature campaigns and altcoins. We can also earn bitcoins through investing and trading and this what makes bitcoin more preferable by many other than gold.

Without choosing, I would like to have both. With great effort and hard work, bitcoin can be earned plus there is a chance that it will be a big thing in the future while gold, besides that it really is shiny, we all know that it will always have value.