Comparing it to gold would make people easily understand what this technology is all about. Bitcoin is actually the new gold.
Bitcoin is termed as digital gold as its value has increased tremendously and also as it has attracted more gold investors.But still,gold has been used as a safer investment for centuries and it's free from high volatile nature which bitcoin lacks.
Bitcoin is not growing proportional with Gold, bitcoin is volatile while gold is not. The bitcoin might suddenly drop in value while gold maintain its value and increase even more as time pass by.