Well if Bitcoin doesn't become stable, it will never find usefulness as a currency. It will merely be a digital store of value. Gold has survived every type of fiat ever created.  I think comparing Bitcoin to Gold is honestly, wishful thinking.  As I said, gold requires nothing to exist.  Bitcoin, at it's most fundamental level, still has "counter-party risk".  Thus, I don't think the two can accurately be compared.  They are completely different.  That's not to say, many gold speculators wont jump on Bitcoin.  It's highly possible they will.